The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-11 00:00:00

been examined, and found to be but slightly, injured,
having received only a bruise on the forehead. When
brought in he was insensible, and it was reported in the
neighbourlicod that he was dead. This, happily, has
turned out to 1)a an unfounded run. or ; and there is
every reason to expect that he will be able to resume his
wo:k iu a few days. It was stated at the: hospi:als when
our reporter left, at three o'clock, that only one man had
died, and that he was killed on tha spot where the acci-
dent happened. At the Bricklayers' Arms station, how-
ever, they state that two were killed, namely, Edw'ard
Mac and John Ryan. The building in which the acci-
dent occurred was this morning examined, and it seems
that the unfortunate cecarrence was caused by the iron
rafters of the roof being of to:, slight construction for the
breadth of the roof', which is very great, so that when the
large heavy slates were placed upon it the weight bore
down the roof in the centre. It was not the pillars upon
which the roof-is supported that gave way, but the roof
itself. The whole 4,f the rubbish was cleared away.in
about four hours, but the workmen have not yet resumed
their labours.

ah,4
and that it was very little use to look after it. I
41him I thought Stewart had no relations.
I,,Cress-examined by Mr. WILKINS—I cannot tell IrJaw
44g it eas after the first one came before the second
b:se• It might have been one month—it might have
''t five. I cannot tell.
tioernso for es M`Lean-1
seven years.e riv at
In 18401
Is ar!ow
person , and have
saw a
tattsle With Hyatt to inquire about Stuart. About a fort-
bllo4 or three weeks another came to me to inquire.
e was brought by H. Hyatt. I should 'tat know
°u her of them. I knew John Stewart in his life-
isle while he was in the service of Mr. Strode. I
eve never heard Stuart say where he came from.
told the first person that came down that I never heard
of!
711, any relations of Stewart whatever. Noshing passed
,vent what countryman he was. I said nothing more,
Jr°ll knew nothing more. Stewart was a close man.
Da the second occasion I said no more.
Cross examined by Mr. WILKINS—I. cacarrot-under-
take to say how long it was before 1 saw the second
.son after the first came. I do not think it was so
as a month.
Robert Loosly—l have lived at Great Marlow some
Dears.ft I knew John Stewart. In 1840, Hyatt brought
et to make inquiries about Stea art. I should
4ett know the gentleman again. He asked me about
toeteart, I told the gentleman that Stea art had
11 me he came from Scotland. I told him
/ had heard Stewart say he had a brother, and
said the same and nothing further. About
a fortnight after,' Hyatt brought another gentle-
tit% to me, who made the same inquiries, and I gave
1:11 the same answers. Ish mild not know either of the
tea%
men.
0i: 408 s-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—Stewart was a
se person. It is four years ago since I had the con-
,t
Illation and I cannot say distinctly what took place.
will not swear to it, it is so long ago.
kr. Baron GURNEY—What will you not swear? Will
Doe
not swear you told them that Stewart came from
timid? Witness—Oh, yes; I recollect telling them
that. •
Cross-examined by Mr. Wrextats—l am 70 years of
at, I have been questioned about by Mr. Weir,
• Preslifield's clerk. I think it was three weeks after
the °ne gentleman left that Hill came, but it is so long
age
I cannot recollect. I will not swear that one did
sot come in spring and the other in autumn.
s:4elth Hawlces—l am in the service of Mr. Lock,
„,
laeistoek-stree:, Bedford- square. In 1837 I
wtilk lodging at 35, Berwick-street, Soho. I lodged
9. person named Richards. The prisoner,
ti:;s• Dorey, was living with her. She was at that
le,,e iss Richars. I lived in the same apart-
4;:inta with Mrs. Richards and her daughter for a year
a
1/,:a half. I have seen Saunders and his wife once.
wr. Saunders was the sister to Mrs. Dorey. After that I
%lint to reside at 16, Little Guildford-street, Russell-
aVtre• I staid there a twelvemonth. I then went to
Iss,„n the same street. I was then an embroideress.
she
living there the prisoner Dorey called on me.
seirtold me she was living at Mr. Wybroves, a music.
tr, in Rathbone-place. The house vas called the
heatple of Apollo. She said, .‘ I have called to ask a
left it is to know if you will allow some letters to be
edit° Yollr address under the name of Mr. Jones ? ' I
14,7, "Yes." She said, " Don't you remember me and
t Mother. speaking of some property that was coming
? She said Jones was the lawyer. One letter
e, which I took to Mr. Wybrow's, at the Temple of
r 1,10: and left at the shop. I told Mr. Wybrow to
eft'e It to Miss Richards. I received a note some time
srleards, roughly folded up, with the same address.
Dears
that to Wybrow's. I did not see her for two
"`tt's after that.
I'OSS-examined by Mr. .LaatEs—Did not know Miss
"mita
lap Ills until I went to live with her in January,
sto,„ " • She had a counter at the Pantheon. I under-
that she supported her mother. Her mother was
h et
!ig with her atpp Wybrow's. I never opened any letter,
had lost
any opened. The mother had told me that she
tlieest a deal of property abroad, for her husband had
d'
at Lisbon. She said he had been a merchant. She
d to be a respectable woman.
yea,,Y the CouaT—When I saw her at the end of two
410 -4'
she was in deep mourning. She said she was in
ivning for her mother.
41170 a Hartwell.—l am the wife of John Hartwell, 2,
1,4
j43-row, Westminster-road. In the year 1840 I was
se;rvant with Mr. Bradley, a grocer, 1, Southampton-
tee ace: Camberwell. I went there in 1840. I re-
epasaher the prisoner Fletcher coming to look at some
seenttalents in the year 1840. They were on the first and
kited Nor, and he said they would do for the lady he
soontaken them for. It was in the beginning of spring.
eaafter Mr. Fletcher came with Mrs. Fletcher, and
ea ;gut an old lady with them. They stayed an hour
the 1, and then Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher went away, and
the lady remained. She was there some months.
Pale n' old and feeble ; she was rather tall and thin,
arm' mid had very weak eyes. She. had the gout in her
defend hand occasionally. She did not go out a great
Port 1, She generally walked with an umbrella to sup-
(i'er- She generally wore a half mourning gown.
Ate trial was proceeding when we went to press.)

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
Cotton was freely offirred at Liverpool yesterday, but
there was no alteration to notice in prices, and the sales
amounted to 4,500 bales, viz., 300 Pernam, at 61d.; 90
Egyptian, at el.; and the rest American at sd. to 7d.
for Orleans.—The Share Market was on the whole well
supported. Chester and Holyhead were 71 ' • Dublin
and Cashel, 6 • Eastern Counties Registered, 131 ; Lan-
caster and Carlisle, 73-, ; Liverpool and Manchester Half,
110 f ; Caledonian, 51 ; Birmingham, 233 ; Manchester
and Birmingham, 491 ; Midland Counties, 93 ; Paris
and Lyons, 31- ; Ditto and Orieans, 351 ; Ditto and
Rouen, 371- ; North British, 31. Is.
The report of the Directors of the Royal Mail Steam-
packet Company, laid before the Court of Proprietors,
held this morning, has been the subject of much con-
versation in mercantile circles in the City, and certainly
much satisfaction is expressed that there is now no
chance, as was feared by many some time since, of a
breaking up of this really splendid undertaking.
It cannot be doubted that the Directors have had
a most trying and difficult part to periorin ; but so im-
mense are the advantages which result from a rapid
communication between the distant ports embraced in
the route of those packets, that even were Government to
pay twice the sum it does for the conveyance of the mails,
such an amount ought immediately to be given. It is stated
that the fleet of the Company, as is the fact, is in a
state of efficiency, and what is of importance to the pro-
prietary is, that 50,000/. of debt has been paid off since
the meeting in October last. With the same prospects
in view as those recently experienced, it may fairly be
anticipated that ere long the Proprietors will receive a
dividend for the money they have advanced to bring into
operation this line of communication with the West
Indies and other places in that direction.
A report has just reached the City, that a dreadful
accident has taken place at the terminus of the
Dover and Croydon Railway, near to the Brick-
layers' Arms, by
_which many lives have been
lost. It is at present a subject of very general
conversation and of regret. Full particulars are given in
another column of The Sun.
. In reply to many inquiries in reference to the pro-
ceedings of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, we
are requested to state that the attendance, at the
meeting convened last Tuesday, of the members
was consdered not sufficent to adopt any definite
course of proceeding, and an adjournment for a
fortnight took place. It is intended to address a memo-
rial to the present Finance Minister at Madrid, to make
concessions in favour of the at present negl; cted holders
of Spanish stock.
The Commissioners have taken about 40,0001» stock
this morning, part in the Reduced Three per Cents.,
at 994, and the remainder in Consols, at 1004.
Since the early part of the day, Consols fur
the Account have fallen from 1004 to 1004, and for
Money from 1004 to 1004. The New Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. have reached 44 above par—they are now
1034. Exchequer Bills have risen to 755. premium,
India Bonds are at 90s. to 91s. premium, and Bank
Stock at 200.
In the Foreign Stocks the changes have been slight—
the Active Spanish Bonds have been steady at 264 to
26j, and the Three per Cents. have been sold at 37i to
37. Dutch and Belgian Bonds are a fraction lower
than yesterday, and so are Mexican. The Portuguese
Converted Stock has improved, for Money, to 47.
The Railway Share market has not been very brisk
to-day. Prices, generally speaking, have remained
nearly the same as yesterday. London and Westminster
Bank Shares have been sold at 54 premium, and the
London Joint-Stock Bank Shares at 38 premium. San-
ago de Cuba Mining Shares are at 1 discount.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .... 20014 2CO
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities lOO% Ni q
3% per Cent.tßeduced Annuities lO3l, 503
New 336 per Cent. Annuities 104)4% 1030
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 1236%
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
India Stock 294
India Bonds,l,ooo —
Ditto under 1,000 9O
10'.:1,41i
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, I%d. 1d
1 0001. ••••••• 00000 .. 00000000 •..... 75)6 pm.
!...... ...........
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
13olgian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto for the Account.
Columbian Bonds. l5
Mexican Bonds, '837, 5 per Cent. &Imo 35i
its
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred Stock. ISN%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. -
Ditto Converted 47
Ditto for the Account 463
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840... .........
Ditto for the Account a
26 g v
Ditto Deferred l5
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account -%71.‘
Dutch 2% per Cents.
Ditto for the Account. at •
Dutch 5 per Cents ... I 0054%
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. lOO% % -
Ditto for the Account WO%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE
Birmingham and Gloucester
Bristol and Exeter 7O ......... '73 ..... .... to 74
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..»..... so
Caledonianto
Dublin and Cashel ... 1}36 a
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered...... 8/. 6s. Bd.
Ditto Perpetual 5 per Bent Lis. 4d.... 1)6
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O . t
Ditto Registered
Great Western ........... .......
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Fifths l2 ..... .... 19
Harwich (Braithwaite)
Lancaster and Carlisle 5 ••»••••• 7%%% to —ij
London and SouthlWestern 41% . ... 84% -
Ditto Eighths -
London and Croydon (Trunk)... Ni...... 17
Manchester and Leeds 7O to
Ditto % Shares SO
North Birtbh
Northern and Eastern 45 57% ...... to
Norwich and Brandon
South Eastern and Dover 32 35% _ to
Ditto New
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ......... 50 l2O to
Paris and Rouen 2O 3B to
Strasburg and Basle ......
JOINT STOCK SANKS.
London Joint Stock
London and Westminster 2O 23% ...... to
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 9.
3 per Cent. Consols 98%
Three and a Half Stock ......
Ditto New. le3o 1023k
336 per Cent. Debentures 943
Bank Stook 19554
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent. 875(
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
• RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE,
Dublin and K. Road
Drogheda 55 72
Dublin and Cashel ditto
Hibernian Bank 25 3O
City of Dublin Steam Company
British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 5O
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 10.—We have
again had a good market, and a fair business has been
done :—Manchester and Birmingham, 49/ ; Paris and
L ons, 31 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 71i ; Caledonian,
5
f
to 1; Dublin and Cashel, 61; Blackburn and Preston,
5 ; Barnsley Junction, 24 ; Newcastle and Darling-
.on, 40.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND
This
LOSS OF LIFE.
Ts morning, shortly after seven o'clock, an accident,
fetch, for dreadful consequences, has not had its parallel
i„ illany years, occurred in the extensive premises be-
rglng to the Dover Railway, near to the Bricklayer's
-ems, in the Old Kent-road, by which it is feared a
414 t deplorable loss of life has been the result.
FrothFrothinquiries instituted upon the spot shortly after
the
occurrence took place,
informed we were by one of
me Parties working in the yard, that while the body of
not being exactly
tii, about eighteen or twenty—ittwil how many, as the muster-rollehadrio fur thetbeenocalled
reer'eer?, working underneath the shed intended
goods, &c., to
to ti!'ett°ll of the luggage trains bringing,h
beat Zastern parts of the metropoflisse,vetlriael stoopnesroint.cuirmon-
rafter -s 01. *roofing, consisting
ieD L! and slating, fell to the ground,o thhrouwghhiethheiyt•ie,nldas-
ht,.oi the foundation of the pillars
tli -litleci to be sustained, burying
"etrkineo. in its by which
the whole of
lie
ehtnireadnge of building in which the unfortunate menh
is upwards of two houtendDreociverfe-eret
midi'
ilsensguth:
itZt!vestern frontage, facing
tio lallY built, and in the centre i.,s an ornamental eleva-
min intended fora clock tower. these remain,
ole of the
kin roofing
.but the
Iled scene of dust, desolation, and it is feared of death.
noticed by one of
tivsve are informed that the slip
pe'rworkraen upon the premies was
so
observed the sup-
eetirrs
, to turn rapidly round severalv times, but before he
ruins
reach his unconscious fellow-workmen, the whole
rui's had fallen in, and they were swaolltowed up in the
heard of any
lietills' Up to eight o'clock we have
lu„,,les being found, but as the dust has cleared away,
05,4till,,eWalls which remain have been declared sutfi-
ex Y safe, exertions are to be immediately made to
Vlore the ruins.
astolll o'CLocx..—The body of a poor fellow, whose
ti -- we understand to be May, carpenter employed
a . It is most fright-
14°111 the works, has just been t
En mutilated, and has bteheen.oundoved to the World's
rem
of the Coroner.
Public-house, to await inquest
se
- now pre-
itsli(er, certainly, was there such a scene as
. otsl,
elf. The new s of the disaster has evidently
;tread far and wide. persons are crowd-
; of friends of the work-
ni,e, to the scene, and thriell:aniskanngdfsof
scores of women and
ehiti and the eager inquiries o
their ren, who will not be satisfied until
ethnetalytkisntoewxetihtea.t
meat
husbands and fathers are safe. .
tant Prevails throughout the whole neighbourhood. The
ustes (4 the works -are closed, and no one is admitted
44)11 the premises who is not employed by the Company.
Thi (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.)
stet, 3.lllorning soon after six o'clock the utmost con-
neighbourhood
ef thgeat2n, and alarm was created in the
_,..
road .Brighton and Dover Railway
°t eastern Wing terminus, Old
of thin consequence of the sudden falling
in ktihleeronot roof
thereof, which is now the course
ree.s"Mpletion, and burying underneathits p
e* • 3 n'arlY thirty workmen ; also about
IDA or •
fell with
it, T, lime men upon the top ofthere were
the roof who
Parts 'le other persons who were at work in the various
;.-11t3 '4:the building rushed to the spot, and with the
length-Ist9•-ce
fou extrietxted. were
of the police and others the sufferers were at
Four of the unfortunate men
ite.
relyl's` to be quite dead, their heads being 1
Lo s sTashed,and about twenty were wounded.:
titjst ?. whom were carried off to the h "red' •
pre„; „'n the confusion, however, which neFessa }
eor;aus, ,it was found impossible to obtain namestheir
efkletlY• The police of the M division rendered veryw.n
hmieut service in keeping off the crowd of personsn
atki tssembled, among whom were many of the friends
_
jarta;trho.
th relatives of the killed and wounded. The causet of
ePahree r si 8
stated to have proceeded from . h
• strength to a
this
and girders not being of sufficient
or build:arehng are Messrs. Grissell and Peto. A number
the %Wets were drawn to the aPpalling scene during
liyul°lliing. The bodies of the unfortunate men, whose
cols have been thus sacrificed, were removed to await a
4 Wire
- rcller's inquest. It is stated that they have each left
and family, to deplore their untimely end.
trlion • THE HOSPITALS, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
the above at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals a
bee- uv hour, we found that no other sufferers had
tl'received up to that time than the number we re-
terteri at ten o'clock, nor have any other dead bodies
ei ti ,dug out of the ruins. The names of the parties
Iv:" "are been received at the above establishments,
i , lously contused, and the majority of them seriously
injured are as follow:
ViitrY'S HOSPITAL—William Spicer, John Matthews,
? follow:
William Mullins, William Lush, M`Bwen, Robert
touergast, George Honey.
,7 Tnomas' HOSPITAL—John Hill.
lle whole of these parties, who are bricklayers and
Ite
, deers,rpe are more or less injured • some of them, in
'_u t so dreadfully mutilated that but little hopes are
e rained of their recovery. No accident which has
.creedl3t-
.eur in the metropolis since the falling in of the roof
Brunswick Theatre, about 14 years ago, has
caused
30 much sensation as the present one.

ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—Two LIVES LOST.-
On Tuesday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, a boat,
in which were four young men and two females, was upset a
short distance from the Thames 'Funnel, and two of the men,
named Roberts, aged 22, and James Green, aged 28, were
drowned. The others were saved. The party were returning
from Greenwich fair.
SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN THE HAYMARKET.—
Four. PERSONS INJURED.—Yesterday morning a painful de-
gree of alarm and excitement was created in the neighbour-
hood of the Italian Opera, under the following appalling and
distressing circumstances :—Several workmen have for the
last few days been engaged in repairing and beautifying the
colonnade on the north side of the Italian Opera, and imme-
diately opposite Messrs. Feuillarde's Hotel. Yesterday morn-
ing. however, the scaffolding upon which the men were at
work suddenly gave way, and they were precipitated with it
on to the pavement beneath. The porters and others from
the hotel immediately rushed to their assistance, and in a
short time the poor fellows, who were four in number, were
extricated, and each of them was found to be more or less in-
jured. No time was lost in conveying them to Charing-cross
Hospital, where they were duly and promptly attended.
CUSTOM-HousE—On Monday, the Bth instant, the
anual change of the officers took place ; the landing-
waiters, searchers, and guagers, who had been en duty during
the past year at the East and West India Docks, being sta-
tioned for the following year at the London and. St. Ka-
therine Docks, and legal quays ; and those officers who had
Lem on duty at the latter places, being stationed at the
former. The object of this change is, that by a periodical
alteration of station the officers may not become too familiar
with persons who would entice them to colluse and defraud
the revenue. This annual change is much more extensive
and complete since the discovery of the late frauds in that
department.
THE BRIGHTON AND DOVER RAlLWAYS.—Yester-
day terminated the cheap excursions to Brighton and Dover.
The number of passengers who purchased excursion tickets
fur Brighton during the three days was 5,720, by the Dover
1,270. During the whole of yesterday the trains brought
up a great number of persons who had enjoyed the cheap ex-
cursion. The last train brought up front Brighton 1,000
persons. We have not heard of any accident having oc-
curred on this railway.
LATEST PARTICULARS. 1 ErkThe late Sir Henry Halford told a friend, only a
ITPon in • THREE O'CLOCK. I few days before his death, that lie had effected more cures by
Mtn ---,ius qutry at Guy's Hospital, we found that the ; sending patients to inhale the healthy breezes of the Downs
juredl2.
We names are given above, were not so much in- at Brighton, than by any other means whatever. This is a
cover," as anticipated. Upon examination it was dis- fact which we state on
Po R T s NI oujaptit,ainAlPvnal
undoubted authority.—Brighton Paper.
bye red that the collar bone of one of the men was '
arrived—i l. er t
hAi Is a jaef
afternoon
fr tared and that two of the ribs of another man were 1 Vernon, 50, pLole,9.
their ,• The others had suffered but slightly, on shipfrom
which she left on the 22d February*, in company with
04e 'njuries consistin of slight scat l
Malta,
parted company and went to Gibraltar, and the Vernon to
the . a the
4 enabled to wailnkquhiormiese.
men gwasfar t sca p wounds.
taw so recovered at •
Lisbon, where she remained four i'ays leaving in the Tagus,
q these
it wereis
expected made,
tthathat
thehe on the 28th ultimo, the Albion, 92, daptain Lockver, and ;
'WhOle of
the French brig of war. It had been expected that the Vernon
eePtion of Itilleell conveyed to Guy's Hospital, with the would go to Sheerness to be paid off ; but she is ordered to
tettirn to their two mentioned above, will be able to be kept ready for immediate service. The payment of the
,zile _
w_ employment in the course of a day or two. naval half-pay commenced this day, to the several classes, at
1443 110 was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospitalhas I her Majesty's dockyard.—.Briq Roil Uazetfr,