The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-21 00:00:00

BRITISH CATHOLIC BOARD.

At the Board of British Catholics, which met
on Wednesday, the 13th instant, by adjournment
from the 15th of last munch, his Grace the Duke
of NORFOLK, Eirl Marshal of England, in the
Chair, the following, among other Resolutions,
were unanimonsly Passed
That the Board of British Catholics embrace with
anxious zeal an occasion of recording their deep regret at the
lamented death of the Right Hon. William Elliott, whose
loss is to be deplored by every member of the Empire, hot
by none more deeply than the 111.iti,l) Catholics, whose peti-
tions he so often presented, and of whose admission to the
blessings of the Constitution he was the unwearied and able
advocate.

id. That a Petition (or the Repeal of the Laws remaining
in force against the Catholics of Great Britain be imam-
iliatelyyreseoted to both Houses of Parliament.

H. That Earl Grey hr requested to present the Britich
Catholic Petition to the House of Lords ; and that the Right
Hon. the Lord Nugent be requested to present the same to
the House of Cumulous.

NORFOLK, E. M. Chairman.
EDWARD JERNINGHAM, Secretary.
The Board adjourned to Wednesday, the 20th
inst.

EXTRAoRbINART CIRCUMSTANCE.-01) T.res-
day last, Abs. Lees, woo resided in the Nurser y-
grounds, Surrey-road, went from her house to
purchase some articles at a shoo in Blackfriars-
road, and lett her child, Eliza Lees, a girl about
ten years of nee, alone in the house; a short time
after her absence !he neighbourhood was alarmed
by the cry of " Fire," and the daughter of Mrs.
Lees was seen running out of her rnotirer's house
enveloped in flame, ; the neighbours rendered
every assistance in their power to extinguish the
fire, and afterwards carried t r r to Guy's Hos-
pital, where she expired. The injury she received
was too extensive and severe In arimit descriotion.
While some of the neighbours were carrying the
child to the Hospital, others went to look for the
mother; at the end of Illackfriar's-road they met
several watchmen carrying a woman upon a shutter;
,:ne of the neighbours exclaimed, " G.,od God, it is
Mrs. Lees;" and, upon examining the person, such
was the extraordinary fact. l‘irs. Lees, it appears,
was crossing Blackfriar-road, when some fellow,
with little prudence, and less humanity, rode full
gallop up the street, his horse knocked Mrs. Lees
down and trampled upon her, and lie rode on as
if nothing had happened, although loudly called
after to stop. The watchmen, who were gibing to
convey Mrs. Lees to an hospital, carried her to her
house, when a surgeon was sent for, who said
there was not the roost remote chance of her re-
covery, and last evening she expired. An inquest
was held yesterday at Guy's Hospital upon Ole
child, and a verdict was returned by the Jury—
Accidentally burnt to deuth.—Au inquest will be
lid,! on the mother to-morrow.

DBATH BY FtGkiTING.—A- quarrel Navin; arisen
at a puhlic-house at Kingston, on Tuesday, be-
tween Trieste, a bargeman, and Ilineson, a navi-
gator, they agreed to follow the barge to which
'frit ste belonged op stream, and fight for a gallon
of beer. The IldVig."Htor, Wllll two fellow work-
men as second and bottle-holder, went on board,
alio every tliutg was cleared away for the battle.
They !ought a,ukwardly and desperately 35 rounds
in 52 min,ies, alto scarcely a round WriS finished
but by a knock-down blow. The wen were (truck
fatigued by exertion, bot they fought on until all
hour and ien minutes had expired, when Hineson
was knocked tiowo by a slight blow. He re-
mained senseless on the ground for some miontes,-
and then expired, as it turned out, from a rupture
of one of the smaller vessels of the head.

LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.--A young min, of the
name of Bostick!, put an end to his existence, at
the house of his late father, in the New-cut,
Lambeth. Excessive gtief, on account of the
death of his Life father, it is Suppoi.eit, produced
a temporary dclitium in this Onfortuoate young
titan's mind ; for the thoment his father's death
was announced, in a at .of despair, he threw
himself on the ground, and wheit a little recover-
ed lie seized a {suite and committed the deed,