The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-13 00:00:00

THE VERDICT.

At a quarter befoie six o'clock the Reporters
were admitted to the Inquest Room, and the Ver-
dict was delivered.

The FOREMAN stated that the Jurymen had
unanimously agreed to find their Verdict :

"Manslaughter against the Officers and Men of the First
Regiment of Life Guards, who were on duty between Tyburn-
gate and Park-lane, on Tuesday, the 14th, of August, at the
time when Richard Honey was shot."

The CORONER then said—Gentlemen, this is
the Verdict you have unanimously come to.

FOREMAN—It is.
The Inquisition was then signed by the Jurors,
and the Coroner said they might be discharged.
The Beadle accordingly discharged them.

THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY Cur.--LThis prize,
which afforded so excellent a race at the last
Knutsford Races, is, we bear, likely to be again
run for in a Court of Law. Our readers will re-
member the Cup was adjudged to Mr. 13afscoE,
whose mare Atalante won the race by about half
a neck. It is now claimed by Mr. BXRROW, the
owner of the second horse, on the ground that
Mr. Bniscor's mare is six years old, and was
only entered as five years old. A dispute some-
what similar took place last year, respecting the
Manchester Cavalry Cup. At that Race, the
winning horse was entered at not thorough bred,
and proof was afterwards obtained. that he NI as
in fact a thorough bred horse ; upon which the
owner of the horse that came in second brought
an action to recover the cup, but the bwner of
the winner gave it up to him previous to the
cause being brought to trial.--(Chester,Courant.)

ALARMING FlRE.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock
last night, an alarming fire broke out in the SE-
cond flat of a house in the Cowgate, opposite the
Back Stairs, which speedily communicated to the
other flats, and in a short time the whole tene-
ment was in a blaze. On the first alarm the
engines froth the different insurance companies
repaired to the spot, and a strong: body of the
police, but all their efforts to arrest the progress
of the devouring element were unavailing, it hav-
ing got to too great a height before the alarm was
given. 'They succeeded, however, in preventing
it from 'communicating to the other houses in the
neighbourhood, which were at different times
threatened with destruction by the' 'violence of
the flames. The whole tenement is. one. mass of
ruins, and having been inhabited by 'a number of
poor families, they have nearly lost the whole
of their furniture, and in some instances
were glad to escape with theii lives.—
What adds greatly to the calamity, and
which we are sorry to state, is - the loss of
lives on the occasion. The fire breaking out
when' the people were in their beds,dt had at-
tained so great a height before even those in the
upper stories could be apprised of it, that one
family in the fourth flat were cut ofr from all re-
treat. In this sad alternative, with the flames
rapidly increasing around them, they adopted
the resolution of leaping into the street ; and
the mother, evidently in a fit of frenzy, dropped
one child, which, falling on the pavement, was
so dreadfully bruised, that it died while carry-
ing to the Infirmary ; unconscious of its fate,
she herself leaped from the window, and was
also so much bruised, that she died in the Infir-
mary early this morning. A boy about ten years
'of age, in attempting to eScape'froni one of the
upper stories, fell and was killed; and a child
was taken out dead from a house, where it is
supposed to have' been suffocated. A man was
also seriously but' not dangerdusly hurt.---We
have heard the melancholy occurrence attributed
to some persons, who were, cclebratiyg a chris-
tening, one of whom, in the most improper man-
ner, threw a glass of spirits in the fire, which
set the room in a blaze and communicated to
the rest of the house. We understand part of
the property is insured .—(Edinburgh Courant,
Sept. 10.)