The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-27 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 24.

ts"AvteS MRETING.—At a. numerous and highly
Ibl'eci4bitt meeting of the inhabitants of this
Hi:llltL day, at the Public Office, called by the
ght Bailiff. in consequence of a very numerously
taig? ins ed Requisition, to concert measures to oppose
ernied application -to Parliament for power
111)1' a" money m
for payment of debts due fur co-
• oring Christ Church,
High Bailiff opened the business of the
tp3e't ny stating the object of the Meeting, and re-
lifih" that the conference held between the de-
elttatio
le -
of from the requisitionists, and the trustees
slur tree Church, had not terminated in an
cahle arrangement.
me 0: "era! Res l;
were then put, expressive
tar:re,
determined opposition to the measure, and
reel) Unanimously.
ter e room up stairs being too small for the num-
-14;4 who attended (A u. m 800) it was decided,,that
L'lw. Bailiff should preside below, and put each
NisOution in the same rotation as adopted above
st,ir"; eoeli resolution being disposed of below
~jtbefore another was proposed, where the
Ish Bailiff preSided.

MELANCHOLY♦
EVENT.
k ea. 23. have witnessed a
kor :Melancholy and heart-rending accident Otis
!tr e4ll:ng. having seen a fishing boat with three
11,3/4„.Paet in a storm in endeavouring to get into
I -140. The poor sailors took to a raft, and be-
-414
vcr
isve Y near shore, they might all have been tasiiy
141,1114 there had been a life-boat at ibis place,
Litty„'" their sufferings, and the agonies (which no
thi4,"',eit' can describe) of tlre-ir friends and families
44-41%"ve been avoided. The three unfortunate
",e eiltintied for nearly an hour to float near
'IVt withine, at the mercy of the waves, and with
' '4 the multitude, who were unable lo give
two of them were washed off and
thr4 ),(Ilie after the other, and the third was at last
ttr„ll ashore in a state which makes his recovery
04bful.
110/1,,
0„,1478LE MURDER—SHOCKING SPECTACLE.
ll 'fle 14th instant an Inquest was held on the
„i't Sarah 'Weak, win, was found dead on
tt)ile,7°r of her house, situated about nine
lags °4l Belfast. Front the nature of her aebl.
hthierBbe Was occasionally absent (or (lays to-
brio and horn that the neighbours were
kr) :" no fear for her safety. In the end of the
'was a stiiall window, nearly filled up with
tlftltt lint clog, probably attracted by the smell
"rrse, had got into the house through it.
>tlt':
Chig able to get out again, . it barked, and
4tiff"O" looking in at the hole, discovered the
'neighbours forced the door, when
44:1,1 shocking spectacle presented itself. The
RN 4f on the flour, and close by it a hatchet.
4rist the hands, apparently cut off by the
lltte !`2Y in a perfect state near to the body ;
I.
:!t"tr hand war not to be found. OH
14.t.„11ght side. of the forehead the skull was
%%,'Y knOckedanti in, there was also a •large
Ott :II: 1 a little below the chest;
,and, what added
Inne,,re,'"ltiog spectacle, a small pig which_ had
e ilO,l t',ett to the woman was found in the house,
devotired almost the whole flesh of the
lor-f' the
4 ar
ll ms, and the upper t) art of the body.—
the circumstances-, die Jury had no be-
et,se ,i
-n Returning a verdict—" That the de-
" had been murileted by some person or per-

it
lis morning, between four and five o.'clock 1 ,4,.thing fire broke out in one of the Alms'
ball es, in Chnrch-street, Blackfriare-roads which
4tvC nearly proved fatal to a poor infirm woman,
h4'l. inhabited one of the rooms. The s
44tling from .the apartment, was discovered
ian opposite neighbour, who ran to her
jr,' stance with several others, and force-s
ii! open the door (hogged her nut and saved
tl; life. The upper paft of the house was 1.-
o
ktilr.Yed, further damage was prevented by the
,k 1 of Engines. and a
.4 Ilves were lost. lt
oc-
good supply of water.
appears to have been
too
I _ltonediby the carelessness of leaving a candle
til• the bed-cllrtailil.
A set' accident occurred yesterday, about
NI:
co , . ,
stth clock, in, St. James's-square. Mts. John , with her rbom, it: a gig, had just arrived
iiiillh her seat, Shepherd's Bush, when one of the
legs," kfts broke, the other got between the horse's
1310ost "tlileieb caused him to fall ; in plunging lie
gig, and threw Mrs. Johnson and the
Ea`
I,lten . • , 'mum,
E 11)
(Hlt
Mvs•J' I we are sorry to state,
Jtrnivn . gone s,useless to the Waterloo flo.tel,
111:1,zila.,,e..qs•eeent1;
(where medical assistance was
lin.
. It is feared her skull is frac-
pl,.ss iktiiihe groom was. hut slightly hurt. A.n ex-
`a°'° I' tto Mr, Johnson, who itnined""iv
to
WIN ii.

POETRY.

ELECTION SONG.

OH DEAR ! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE ?

Oh dear! what can the matter be ?
Oh dear! what can the matter be ?
Oh dear ! what can the matter be ?
JOHNNY'S SO low on the poll.
He prowis'd by this time to be at the head on't,
If I might have credited half that he said on't,
But oh ! well-a-day! the deceiver, instead on't,