The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS YESilt?.

On Wednesday a special meeting of the St. Pan-
cras Vestry took place at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon-
square, for the purpose of receiving the official Report
of Messrs. Tremenhere and Twisselton, the Special
Poor-law Commissioners recently appointed to investi-
gate the state and education of the pauper children,
and also the further Report of the Directors and
Guardians of the Poor thereon.
Mr. G. HouGnToN, the Senior Churchwarden,
having been called to, the chair, the Report of the
Assistant Poor-law Commissioners was read.
Mr. M‘Gaunir, the Vestry-Clerk, then proceeded
to read the Report of the Directors of the Poor.
After some details upon the state of the information
and intelligence possessed by the children,
The Report terminates as follows :—" The Directors,
in conclusion, have to suggest to the attention of the
Vestry that the Special Commission and the proceed-
ing:; thereunder are illegal and void, inasmuch as one
of the Special Commissioners (Mr. Twisselton),
being an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, is, by the
Act sth and Gth Victoria, chap. 57, expressly de-
clared incompetent to act as a Commissioner under
any such Special Commission, the object of the Legis-
lature being evidently that such special inquiries
should for the future be conducted by persons not
immediately dependent upon the Poor-law Com-
missioners. The Vestry will, therefore, determine
whether or not legal steps ought to be taken to have
the Commission and all its proceedings set aside."
The Report having been adopted,
The CHAIRMAN said it had been suggested that
some steps should immediately be taken by the Vestry
to invalidate the Special Commission and its proceed-
ings, on the ground of illegality,.
Mr. DOUGLAS thought a Committee ought to be
appointed. He would contend, against anything the
Commissioners might offer, that the religious state of
the poor in the workhouse was better now than it
was when they had a hired chaplain, at a salary of
120/. a year.
Mr. STOCK moved the appointment of a Committee
to inquire into and report to the Vestry on the pro-
priety of taking legal steps to invalidate the whole of
the proceedings of the recent Special Poor-law Com-
mission ; and, in doing so, expressed his regret that
the Directors (of which ody he is a member) had
not taken earlier notice of the subject, feeling con-
vinced, that if there was reason for a second inquiry,
the Poor-law Commissioners would permanentlycome
into the parish.
The motion having been seconded, was carried una-
nimously, and the Vestry separated, after a sitting of
several hours.

NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.--Three dread,
ful accidents occurred in the course of yesterday
the unfortunate sufferers from which were all ad-
mitted into St. Thomas's Hospital within the short
space of an hour. The first was that of James Burn,
48 years of age, a labourer, employed at Galley Quay,
Thames-street, who, whilst engaged in piling up a
large quantity of bar-iron on the wharf, 4he whole
pile, weighing upwards of 20 tons, suddenly fell, and
buried him underneath. Upwards of an hour elapsed
before the unfortunate man could be extricated. His
right leg being broken to pieces, on being received at
the hospital, amputation was immediately resorted to.
The ( peration had scarcely been performed when
another man, named Joseph Blackman, nearly 70
years of age, a drayman in the employ of Messrs.
-.Marsh= and Co., brewers, of Lewisham, was laid on
the surgical table, with his right leg fractured in a
shocking manner, caused. by a butt of beer falling
upon him, whilst unloading at the Nelson Tavern,
Deptford ; amputation was also in his case resorted to.
Another man was admitted into the hospital, whose
name was Thomas Roberts,. 40 years of age, a back
maker, in the employ of Messrs. Young and Co. of
the Borough. He was engaged in erect:ng a new vat
at the brewhouse of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins,
when he overbalanced himself, and fell to the ground,
a height of upwards of 30 feet; he was taken up in-
sensible, and conveyed to the hospital, where it was
found that his skull wan fractured, and his right leg
broken. Not the slightest hopes are entertained of
his recovery.
MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENS Or FRANCE.---We are
requested to state that Mr. Coll:own of Great Marl-
borough-street, has this day published " Memoirs of
the Queens of France," by. Mrs. Forbes Bush, in 2
vols. small Bvo., with portraits, 21s. bound, which
can now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colhurn has
also just published the follolting interesting new
works :-1. The fifth voli interestingume of Madame D'Arblay's
Diary and Letters, embellished with a Portrait of
General D'Arblay.----2. Captain Bingham's Narrative
of the late Expedition to China, with Sketches of the
Manners and Customs of that singular and almost
unknown country. 2 vols. small Bvo., with map and
illustrations, 21s. bound.-3. The Fifth Volume of
Agnes -Strikland's " Lives of the Queens of Eng-
land," comprising the Lives of Queen Katherine Parr
and Queen Mary.---4. Nimrod Abroad, by C. J. Ap-
perley, Esq., Author of " The Chase, the Turf, and
the Road," &c. 2 vols.-7-5. Newfoundland in 1842,
by Lieut.-Col. Sir Richard Bonnycastle, Author of
" The Canadas in. 1841," 2 vols. small Bvo., with Mali
and Illustrations, 21s. bound.—And 6. Russia and
the Russians in 1842, 1 vol. small Bvo., 103. 6d.
bound. "No novel," says the John Bull, "is more
entertaining—no romance more surprising, than this
work."

STATE OF TRADE—LIVERPOOL.—Money remains
abundant. In the corn market a limited business has
been doing, and prices generally a shade lower. At
the beginning of the week there was a fair demand
for cotton, and steady prices, but the demand has in-
creased and a good business has been done. The
market in Manchester, for both goods and yarns, is
better, and there was a better market on Tuesday.
The stuck of goods and yarn is by no means heavy,
which inspires the hope of constant employment fo-r
the operatives during the winter. In general
ness in Liverpool, there is not much activity. In the
share market the principal business is for investment,
which is at present limited in extent, without much
fluctuation in prices.—Liverpool Mercur
TSIS Itur.lNG PassloN.—Sigourney, the celebrated
punster when near his death, overheard a servant, in-
form the' doctor in a whisper, that a certain person
had fallen into the well. Sigourney painfully lifted
up his head and said, "I say doctor—did he kick the
bucket !"—American Paper.