The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-10 00:00:00

ner—what were the names of the medical men—
and the names of the Coroner's Jury''. The de.
ceased was burnt to death, or, which is the same
the a week,b u rll
ifnrior theßy
original injury, was caused
thing, death, after the lapseborf
the statement of the Packet it is sought to be in-
sinuated that it was an accidental burning. But
the verdict of the Jury is simply "accidental
death."
We demand the Coroner's notes taken at the
inquest—the testimony of the witnesses ex-
amined—the Coroner's charge to the Jury—the
exact finding, and the names of the Jurors.
j For their honour and their character, the me-
i dical men must conic forward. Tluy are mixed
'up in the transaction ; for it is left to be in-
ferred that it is partly on their testimony the
Jury came to the finding of accidental death.
These gentlemen, of course, were called in to
define the mode in which the burning produced
death. They can say whether or not the clothes
of the deceased were smeared with oil of turpen-
pine. The brother and sister of the idiot should
also be brought fOrward, to testify to the cir-
cumstance.
But, above all, Mr. pagan—in whose house,
or houses, as the Packet- has it, the homicide
took place—should be called upon to relate every
thing within his cognizance relative to the death
of the idiot. lie owes this relation to society j
and to himself.
The Packet may have clone with the subject;
for hush, it seems, is the word. But, we repeat
it, it is too late to play this game. The Lord
Lieutenant must not be allowed to wrap hims,lf
up in dignified silence. As the chief executive
officer in the country, as well as the administra-
tor of our affairs, he will be called upon, when
Parliament assembles—if it be not done before—
fbr such official explanations as his Government
may have received upon the subject. Lord De
Grey cannot but know this, little else as he may
know, that if the alleged murder—attended with
the atrocities which even the Packet does not dare
to deny—had been perpetrated by a gang of
scurvy Irishmen—by the canaille, as the elegant
and gentleman-like Packet would call his fellow-
creatures—the miscreants would be hunted (and
they deserve it), we will not say to the death,
but to condign punishment. There would be no
hushing up the affair—that the Lord Lieutenant,
• if he has the power of thinking at all, must know
thll well. It was the Tory Chancellor, Lord
Redesdale's aphorism—and it was perfectly true,
until the Whigs came into power—that there
was one law in Ireland for the rich, and another
for the poor. People will speedily begin to
think that the old system, denounced by the old
Tory Chancellor, may come into full force once
more, if some effective steps be not taken in the
premises.

THE SHORT TIME COMMITTEE
AND THE MINISTERS:
If we are rightly informed, the chief speaker at the
whole of these conferences was Mr. G. A. Fleming, late
Editor of the New Moral World, the organ of the
Owenites. That one holding such opinions should
eagerly seize the opportunity thus afforded of dilating
upon the evils of machinery under the restrictive sys-
tem, and o! ts3ertino•, that no extension of our manu-
factures could possibly improve the condition of the
labouring cla s, was all very natural. The apostles of
Socialism omit no chance which presents itself of mak-
ing it appear that nothing, save the addition of a new
social system, can ameliorate the condition of the suf-
fering classes.
Sir Robert Peel appears almost a convert to the crude
speculations of Robert Owen. If Ministers are actually
inclined to favour the politico-economical views of the
Socialists, let them boldly and honestly avow their in-
tention to do so ; but do not let them, in concert with
the missionaries of that sect, attempt to bolster up the
landowners' monopoly under the guise of extraordinary
humanity to the working classes.
Since writing the above, we have seen reports of three
other conferences which have been held with the Duke
of Buckingham, Lord Lyndhurst, and Lord Stanley
The same names are appended to all—Mr. G. A. Fleming
Socialist Missionary; Mr. Joshua Hobson, late pub-
lisher of the New Moral World, and also publisher of
Feargus O'Connor's paper—the _Northern Star; Mr.
Mark Crabtree, beerseller, and Messrs. T. S. Brooke
and John Leech, whose occupations we have not learned.
The members of the deputation appear to have been
better pleased with the Duke of Buckingham than with
any of the other Ministers on whom they waited ; but
the report of their conference with him is very brief.
By virtually expressing their willingness to support the
food monopoly—from which all the worst evils of the
factory system have sprung—the individuals composing
the Socialist deputation purchased for themselves the
liberty of talking to the members of the Cabinet for
several hours on the evils of competition, machinery, and
the other dogmas of Owenism ; and, what was of more
importance still, of publishing to the world their crude
speculations on those matters in the columns of the
Times, and the other Tory .Journals, in connection with
certain remarks of Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues.
Altogether it seems to us that the tatir reflects but very
little credit on Ministers. If they sincerely wish to gain
the confidence of the labouring classes, it must be by
some very different course than mixing themselves up
with so contemptible a hoax as that of the soi-disant de-
putation from the Committee of Operatives of the West
Riding of Yorkshire.—Manchester Guardian.

ANOTHER SLIP ON THE LONDON
AND CROYDON RAILWAY.

On Friday morning, between eight and nine o'clock
only a few minutes after the train which left Toole y'
street at eight o'clock had passed the Newcross station
much alarm was created by another most extensive slip
of the cutting on the southern side, near a place called
Finch's-bridge, and • immediately contiguous to, or ra-
ther a continuation of, the slip which took place a short
time since. The quantity of earth which fell was im-
mense, and covered the rails on both sides for a distance
of 140 feet, and to a depth of nine feet. It is very for-
tunate that this accident occurred after the passing of
the train, or the effects might have proved as serious as
that which so recently took place on the Great Western.
There has been, however, as it is understood, a care-
ful watching of this spot for these last two months,
in consequence of several flakes of earth having fallen
at various times, from which a slip was anticipated,
though not of so alarming a character as it has
proved. A communication was instantly forwarded to
Mr. Gregory, the resident engineer, who lost no
time in repairing to the spot, and was shortly followed
by Mr. Wilkinson, the Chairman, and Mr. Cubitt, the
Consulting Engineer of the Company ; no less than 600
men were set to work, and with the aid of a quantity
of earth waggons every exertion was made in en-
deavouring to remove the soil to a place near New-
cross. In the course of the day the number of men was
increased to 1,000, and a platform was erected, which
is to be covered with an awning, and is for the pur-
pose of conveying the passengers over the slip to the
trains, which will be on that part of the line free
from obstruction ; the effect of this will be to
prevent the closing of the line, and enable the seve-
ral passengers to proceed on their journey without
being detained longer than ten minutes. Gullies are being
formed, but it-will be impossible to have the line pro-
perly cleared for upwards of a month. The soil is of a
very pervious nature, composed of strata of blue clay,
gravel, shells, ochre, &c., aria it is supposed that the re-
cent numerous alternations of wet and dry, frost and
snow, have tended to destroy the adhesion of these various
substances.