The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-02 00:00:00

LONDON DOCKS.

The first stone of the Grand Junction Cut, between the
Docks already constructed, and that now constructing, w"
laid on Thurday last, by Isaac Solly, Esq. the Chairman of
the Board of Directors. Among those present of the
Board, were. Admiral Digby, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Lee, &c.
so was the removal of the vaults.
Mr. Palmer, the. Chief Engineer, attended, with maps
of the proposed Cat, with its excavations, elevations, &a.
To accomplish this communication, it is neceasary to cut
through the great tobacco warehouse and wine.vauite ; and
re-
moval could only be efLii)ted, and from the amalgama-
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On Thursday, the 22d of February, Mr. Jas.
Wesley Burt, surgeon,: of No. 2, Surrey-place, Newing-
ton, and formerly of Fleet-market, examined the body of a
man who had died under his care, and entering into tl c
minutim of it with characteristic eagerness, and the sub-
ject being one of those from whence no ill effects would
have been expected, he, did not notice a slight scratch across
the tip of his fore finger, but proceeded about the operation
unaware of his liability to danger. In the source of the
same evenjng he felt unwell, and the next morning exhi-
bited all the horrors of matured mischief. Notwithstand-
ing every endeavour was made to save him he died within
the week fromthe commencement of his illness.

An Inquest was held on ..Friday night, at thy
Blue Posts, Islington, on she body of the 'Rev. E. John Jones.
Minister of the Islington and Silver-street Chapels, who
died suddenly on Wedneedurlast.—.The Jury returned a
verdict, " Died by the visitation of God."

Another Inquest was held on Friday night be-
fore the same Coroner, at Idarylebone, touching the death of
Thomas Turtle, aged 4!, wins cut his throat at the end of
Nottingham-street, last Wednesday, 'while being conveked,
to the Marylebone IlifirmarY.—Verdict " Insanity."
A GruosT,The neighbourhood of St. Dun_
star's has been for the last fortnight mush annoyed by the
intrusion of a ghost, wh'elt has taken possession of an
empty house ; at lust it is so stated by the sundry old women
in the neighbourhood, one of whom declares she has seen
the apparition at one of the windows of the house alluded
to, in the shape of an elderly lady, with a round cap, black
&c.; ahA further says that she will take her
Bible.oath of this fact, and js much astonished at the igno-
rance of persons who presume to doubt it. Probably some
means may be discovered of further ascertaining the facts
which is so tudAssitatingly Ofixetto,,