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THE MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT HYDE

On Friday, at one o'clock, an inquest was held on
the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers, at the house
where the accident happened, by John Hollins, Esq.,
one of the Coroners for the county of Chester.—
As all the bodies, except three, had been
carried to their respective homes when they were
found, the viewing and identifying of them took up
a considerable time ; and very little evidence was
gone into except on the point of identity. The in-
quest was adjourned to the Navigation Inn; and, at
a late hour on Friday night, was further adjourned,
to be held at nine o'clock on Saturday morning, at
the Navigation Inn. The inquest was resumed os
Saturday morning; when several witnesses were ex-
amined as to the manner in which the accident oc-
curred, but their evidence did not in any material
respect vary from the account we have before given.
Mr. R. Gauthorpe, of Manchester, and Mr. T.
Broadhurst, of Stockport, architects, stated that
they had examined the quality of the wood of the
beams, and perceived nothing to indicate unsoundness
in the timber. It had no dry rot in it whatever,
and their opinion was, that the strength and length
were quite sufficient had they been properly intro-
duced; the longest beam had not sufficient with-
hold at one end, being in only five inches, while at
the other there was a holding of nine inches in the
wall. This was the fault of the workmen. Their
opinion was that the floor was sufficiently strong for
the pressure of persons composing any ordinary
meeting; and in the present case, had the beams
been introduced into the wall nine inches at each
end, it was more than probable that some notice
would have been given to the people of the fracture,
before the downfall.

At two o'clock, the examination of the witnesses
having closed, the Coroner proceeded to recapitulate
to the Jury the nature of the evidence.
The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, pro-
nounced a verdict of " Accidental Math" in all the
29 cases, in the following form, with a deodand of
ss. on the timber.

" That on the first day of April instant, about
700 persons having assembled at a certain dwelling-
house, culled the Norfolk Arms Inn, in Hyde, it so
happened that the beams which supported the floor
of one part of a certai❑ room broke, by reason of the
insufficiency thereof to support the excessive weight
of the persons then assembled thereon, instantly fell
with the floor, and about 200 persons standing
thereon, and thereby such last-mcntioned floor was
wholly knocked down to the floor of the room un-
derneath, thereby carrying with it the first-mentioned
floor and the said persons to the cellar, by which
misfortune and accident they were suffocated and
smothered, of which they immediately died."—
Manchcater Mercury.

LATE CATASTROPIIE AT HYDE.—On one
of the seats attached to the wall eight women happened
to be seated when the dreadful crash took place. For-
tunately they kept their sittings quite steadily, and re_
mained fearfully and almost miraculously suspended
above the chasm, until planks and ladders where fixed for
their descent though greatly terrified, they all escaped
without the slighte.• injury. One young man, in descend-
ing, caught hold of tat end of the beam as it parted from
the wall, and hung there until relieved. Another caught
the cornice of the fire-place, and remained suspended until
quite exhausted, when he relinquished his hold, and
dropped unhurt upon the crushed and groaning mass below.

IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.)
CATHOLICS.

The Duke of GORDON presented a petition from Mus-
selburgh, numerously signed, in favour of the Catholics.
The Earl of SUAFTESBURY presented a petition
from Kildare, against some of the clauses of the Catholic
Relief Bill.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from
the Freeholders and, other inhrbltauts of the county of
Wilts, in favour of the Catholic Relief Bill.

Lord FARNHAM presented a petition from the heri-
tars, merchants, manufacturers, and other inhabitant of
Stewartown, i❑ the county of Ayr, praying generally
against admitting the Catholics to have seats in Parlia-
ment, but in particular complaining of the practice of com-
pelling his Majesty's troops, when ois service in countries
where the Catholic religion was professed, to attend on the
processions of the Catholic religion. The Noble Lord
thought it necessary to say a few words respecting the
practice, which he understood was prevalent, of compelling
the Protestant troops of his Majesty to attend, contraty to
their conscience, upon ceremonies and processions which
they believed to be idolatrous and superstitious. It was
stated to him, but he did not pledge himself for its accu-
racy, that his Majesty's troops were on certain Saints'
Mays obliged to attend the processions of the Catholic
Church, and that the officers were compelled to carry
lighted papers in their hands. He had been told, that they
were compelled, on.certain occasions, to attend the proces-
sions of relics, and go out on Saints' days to a degree that
was rather ridiculous. In the island of Corfu, for exam-
ple, there was a Saint Calamago, or some such name, at
any rate there was one Saint who was supposed to pos-
sess a particular virtue, which must be highly reverenced
in any place in the Mediterranean. It was not exactly the
Saint himself, but his Saintship's sacred thumb, which
being preserved in a silver chalice, and applied to any
part whence it was supposed danger might arise, had
the miraculous power of preventing the invasion of the
plague. To guard against that misfortune was a most
valuable property, and whenever it was tbrea'ened, the
sacred thumb was carried in solemn procession, accom-
panied by military honours, from the place where it was
usually guarded, towards that part of the Mediterranean
whence the plague was likely to come; the bells were
rung,. the King's troops were ordered out to fire, and
when the procession had reached the chore of the Mediter-
ranean, it was conducted back with the same honours to
the place where the thumb was kept. He stated these
things as he had been informed of them, and he thought
it was not right to call on those who felt that such pro-
cessions were wrong to attend them, which they only do
with great dissatisfaction. lie would not say more, but
that the petitioners begged their Lordships to institute
an inquiry, and not force the troops to attend at places of
worship or at processions to which they were conscienti-
ously averse.

The Duke of WELLINGTON, with respect to Corfu,
knew nothing whatever on the matter. He had served
for a long time and in many countries where different re-
ligions were professed, and in some countries where the
Christian Religion was not known ; but he had never
served in any country where it was not the rule for the
whole army, that respect should he paid to the Religious
Institutions of the country, whatever they might he. The
army did not go abroad to establish our laws and Constitu-
tion ; it did not go out even to establish our religious
system ; it goes to perform the duties for which the
Government sends it, and not to trouble itself except
with that. He remembered that he had heard of what
had occurred at Malta, where, on a religions procession
taking place, it had been the practice for the garrison
to fire small guns as the procession passed. Certain
officers of the artillery, probably on religious grounds,
thought proper to refuse to fire the guns. They were, on
that account, brought to a court-martial and cashiered.
They were not cashiered, however, for refusing to take
part in a religious ceremony ; nor because they did not
pay proper respect to a religious procession as it passed
by ; but because they had refused to perform their duty,
and to obey the orders of their commanding officer. That
this was the principle of their offence he knew, for he had
seen the proceedings of the court-martial, and he knew
that these proceedings when they came to this country, as
well as the sentence, had been approved of by his Majesty
If that was the transaction to which the petition referred,
it was as be had stated it. If any other transaction was
referred to, he knew nothing about it.

Lord FARNHAM believed what the Noble Duke stated
was the fact. With respect to Malta, the troops there had
received orders not to attend religious processions, but
those orders were countermanded from home. He must
say, at the same time, that he thought there was a great
difference between paying proper respect to the religious
feelings and institutions of a foreign land, and compelling
the troops to participate in them. He understood that the
troops were not only required to fire salutes, but also to
toll the bells. The Marquis of Hastings had given orders
tIL:t the artillery should, on these occasions, be delivered
up to the priests, who might fire it themselves. This was
a better arrangement than compelling the troops to attend
ceremonies nut consistent with their own feelings.
The Duke of WELLINGTON was aware, that an
alteration bled born made respecting the Artillery at Malta,
and that his predecessor in the office of Commander-in-
Chief bad countermanded those orders.

Lord FARNHAM presented petitions from Monaghan
and places in Donegal, against granting further Conce-
sione to the Catholics.

The Duke of RICHMOND, in the absence of a Noble
Peer, presented a similar petition, numerously and respect-
ably signed, from Carlisle.