The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-21 00:00:00

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.

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CHATHAM, MAY 19.—This day a Jury assembled at the
Duncan's Head public-house, New-road, Chatham, to in-
vestigate the circumstances attendant upon the death of two
men, named Thomas Turner and William Taylor, whose lives
were lost on Monday night last, whilst emptying a cesspool in
Best-street. The first witness examined was Robert Taylor,
brother of the deceased, Wm. Taylor. He stated that his
brother was a bricklayer, and had been employed in making a
cesspool adjoining to another cesspool, on the premises of Mr.
Farmer, Best-street. The new cesspool was nineteen feet deep,
and the old one nine feet. A stage was erected in the new one,
about nine feet below the surface of the earth. On Monday
night the deceased, Wm. Taylor, and Thomas Turner went
down into the hole and made an aperture. Witness remained
above. Soon afterwards witness heard his brother cry out,
" Dear me, I can hardly breathe," when almost in an instant he
fell into the suil. Witness called to Turner, and said " For
God's sako put the rope down and fetch him up." Turner did
so; he, however, fell in also. Mr. Dunstall, the master, who
was then on the stage, sang out for the rope, and before he
could be brought up he fell and fainted. He slid not fall into
the soil. Witness and a person named Farmer pulled out Mr.
Dunstall. Witness's brother and Turner were got out, but
they were dead.
Benjamin Tribe, surgeon, said he was sent for on Monday
evening a quarter before ten o'clock. Sa-A the deceased, Tay-
lor, immersed in the sewer with his head out of the fluid. "1 he
body havirg been brought up, witness found the deceased was
dead. Turner when brought up was also dead. 'I heir deaths
were produced by suffocation, by inhaling a quantity of gas.
The Jury, after some little consideration, returned a verdict—
" Accidentally suffocated."

The Captain of a vessel which arrived at Havre on
Tuesday from Hamburgh, which place he quitted on the 14th
inst., states, that in clearing away the ruins of the buildings
which have been destroyed, 160 bodies bad already been found;
22 of them were in a cellar. He states, as positive, that
1,500 houses have been entirely destroyed, and 720 so injured
as to be uninhabitable in their present state.
A meeting of the shareholders of the Commercial
Steam Packet Company was held yesterday at the London
Tavern, for the purpose of considering and determining upon
the propriety of dissolving and putting an end to the Company,
and of authorising and empowering the Directors to wind up
and settle its affairs, pursuant to the terms of the deed of settle-
ment of the Company. Air. 11leaden, Chairman of the Com-
pany, presided. The Report, setting forth the difficulties of the
Company, having been react, a motion was made that it be
adopted, and referred back to the Directors to carry the same
into execution, and that with the Trustees they be authorised
and empowered to sell the vessels and property of the Company,
and assist in winding up the Company's affairs in the most ad-
vantageous manner. After some discussion the motion was
agreed to.

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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. „,
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Yesterday, Mna 21. Et. 'Nfeetino• of Reformers, am.
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whom were Messrs. H. Warburt',,n, J. Arthur Reeen7
M.P., Swynfen Jervis, P. A. Taylor, Francis Drs.
George Thompson, the Anti-Slavery Lecturer, deter,
! Harrison, took place in John-street, Adelphi, to A,
mine upon the formation of a Society, having for fis,
Ject the advancement of the question of Parliamen .;;;;
Reform. Mr. Warburton having been called (0..1
Chair, Mr. Francis Place gave a sketch of the e
stances under which it was determined to form onele t.
ciation, stating that the projectors, at the outset, d
.iniejl
mined not to commit themselves to the Plan, 'DV
sufficient money could be obtained to carry 0110;
object with energy and effect. This had been ud i
a few individuals having subscribed 4001; nil ej,
a similar sum in addition being sure to be soon obtains
there was a certainty of the Association golld
vigorously. The following resolutions were then 0_g1;
to :—" That the expectations entertained by.the-ris
of this country, in consequence of the passing Q 1,1
Reform Bill, having been grievously disappeintetavfi
their just desires thereby frustrated, it behoves al weit,
who wish to obtain the blessings of good
goverom
to commence again the struggle for a Reform in tot
liament ; and, guided by the experience of .the lag gisi
years, to attempt so to re-construct our electoral si:op
as to make the House of Commons what it ought.,.,bois
—an accurate and complete representation of thet"ror
people."—" That the Society be Entitled the 'Mt% ps
litan Parliamentary Reform Association.' "—" scor
Warburton be Chairman ; Mr. Roebuck, 1N1.P.,.1i,d,
eel ; Mr. W. H. Ashurst, Solicitor ; Mr. W. Wil 709
M.P., and Air. Richard Taylor, be Auditors ive
that the following, among others, be or
placed
the General Committee, viz.:Dr. Bowring, M.Peftwori
Sharman Crawfurd, M.P., Wynne Ellis, 3ii.P., r`,;;bsollt
Elphinstone, M.P., Joseph Hume, M.P., 11', 31. Woo
M.P., J. T. Leader. M.P., the Earl of Radnor, lur,
J. Scholefield, M.P., Swynfen Jervis, John Trays
dig
Hetherington, and Major Revell." After some 'lo'
sion and explanations between Mr. Roebuck, 311% i 0
burton, and Mr. Place as to the exact state of theititor
present in reference to political societies, and thQ.OO
pretation liable to be placed upon it by political ii9?'
in times of political excitement and emergency, t '0
ject and rules were declared to be :—To obtain for fL
man of twenty-one years of age the right of votiefApl
representative. To secure to each man this nor ietil
right, it is necessary—That every man, whether et
the occupier of a whole house, or a lodger in sot tot
of a house, who has been rated to any parliaol7,
county, municipal, or parish rate for six months, ..,A
rated to an election rate, and be put upon then
register, for the polling district in which he residloo
every such person, so qualified, shall receive b._,,in -,11,
card, entitling him to vote at all elections wittSiiil
district. That every man, whether he be the oucKiit
a whole house, or a lodger in some part of a holitete,o
servant or inmate, not being rated as above • 'etllt
shall have the right to cause himself to be rateali
election rate ; and when he has been rated
months, he shall be put upon the voting registet4o
polling district in which he resides, and evnrkt
person, so qualified, shall receive his voting .0 4 -
titling him to vote at all elections within that!.
That the country be divided into as many pultj"
tricts as there may be representatives in the. J.'
Commons. That the duration of Parliaments-
shorter, but shall not be longer than three years=
every elector shall be eligible to be elected.: V
right of voting for a representative shall, be Ofetfi
secretly by. ballot. That each representative *), Or
people shall be paid for his services. That a" ,ft
means be adopted by which these objects ,may .beiti V' .
moted. And that a constant succession of lectit,4oo
given ; and that public meetings, and the cireult";
information by pamphlets be especially attended tli:,,,ti
Some further detail business having been trs es'
and the steps settled for a broad and extensive Is'
operations, the meeting broke up.
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LAW INTELLIGENCEi„.-;,
COURT OF B CVKRUPTCY, May xr
IN RE EMILY ANNE BIRCH. a 0
This day was fixed for the adjourned exarninsa 5
bankrupt, who kept a boarding-house in Bedford-pbu,' d
Afa
sell-square, and within a few days of her bankruptcy, 1.7...iir
an execution execution for 2,000/. was in her house,
upholstery, silver plate, bronzes, &c., to th,
4,000/. The creditors, having every reasoi
execution to have been concocted between a

Phillips, and the bankrupt, for the purpose o
have caused the most rigorous inquiries to

to-day the bankrupt was examined at very gt.
Lloyd, as solicitor for the assignees, and a gre.
victimized tradesmen were in attendance.
when she commenced business in 1836.

6,4761., and the assets 121. She had destroys
of her memoranda and accounts, as she du
would be of any use. After a lengthened el
showed that the bankruptcy had taken place
suspicious circumstances, Mr. Commissionf

the bankrupt has been most mercifully dt
public was much indebted to the assignees fi

have taken in this wicked case. The furth

adjourned until the day fixed for the audit.

POLICE IN TELLIG.
MANSION-HOUSE,
A foreigner, whose appearance indicated
plied to the Lord Mayor for advice, under
cumstances. He stated he was a sailor, an,
the Austrian Stated in Italy; that he had
men's Hospital, in which he had been treated
and skill to which patients in that admirable..
customed, but was still too weak to resume hi
he had in vain besought the Captain of the
had come to England from Leghorn, and
return to the same port, to take himback.
had then solicited assistance from the Austrit
functionary had declined to afford him any n
of the unpardonable offence he had committei
ployment on board an English vessel ; so that
incapacitated, by being obliged to submit to
from receiving the aid to which he was ent,
right. New, therefore, he was left destitul
foreign country, without having committed
he was conscious.

The LORD MAYOR regretted very mu,
power to interfere, and after having relieved the pr, .0
of the applicant, desired him to go back to his Consul(3lo
press upon him the necessity of giving immediate a
His Lordship subsequently observed, that the appllea
made was one of uumeruus applications almost da.lYd
the police-courts at the eastern part of the metropolis( 'sg
which it was evident that a vast deal of unmerited suffer' r
unfortunate foreigners from every quarter of the globe
cupidity of captains of vessels, and the want of feeling,
part of the diplomatic agents of foreign Governments/'
in this country. He did not mean to say that the
Consul was culpable in the case which had .1°
stated. He knew nothing of the circumstances eV
had been collected from the wounded feelings of the
rate man who had sought his advice ; but h,
knew that hundreds of similar complaints were
timony which nothing could invalidate. Then
atrocity in the treatment to which poor foreign)
jetted from the various authorities to which
under peculiar circumstances. Tne ground tr,
was generally refused, namely, that the applican
board an English vessel, could only have vt
native country of the applicant and England we'
when the two countries were in a state of
seemed to be as unjust as it was stupid and
to so shallow and paltry a pretext for witholt
Mr. Hobler stated, that a great number
were brought to the Justice-room in the absei
and all he could do of course was, in matters
to give pecuniary assistance from the bounty
and on ordinary occasions to refer the appl.
of the Countries to which they belonged. H)
that his Lordships observations on the sul,
some remedy or alleviation of the evil, and th,
be releived of the wretched population of fon
they now abounded.
The LORD MAYOR said, he earnestly hope(
law Amendment Bill was to be continued,
unfortunate condition of these poor foreigner:
notice of some humane and enlightened merd
ture ; and that the English Government m:
follow the judicious precedent of several
Powers, and of the United States of Americt
the owners and captains of vessels, under pro)
provide for the safe return offureigners whom
over, when subsequently found in a state of

WORSHIP-STREET
IVni. Stocken, a carter in the serjice
Great Warner-street, Clerkenwell was bt
Bingham upon a charge of having driven
sand, over the heed of a child aged eigl
thereby caused its instantaneous death.
Thomas Barton stated, that about two o'cl,
noon he saw the prisoner driving a cart
Shoreditch, when the child, who was playi:
ment unattended by a nurse, suddenly rol'
road, and before an alarm could be raised,
cart passed over its head, and killed it on th,
slightest degree of culpability attached to
was walking at the horse's head at the time,
ately stopped, and expressed the utmost
occurrence.

Inspector Harris said, that several other w,
a similar account of the transaction, were in
Mr. BINGHAM declined hearing them, a:
was evidently an accident, he shou:d take
recognizance for his appearance on that day w

The Spitalfields Ball takes place on
at the Opera House, and it is most positive],
her Majesty's intention to be present. From
mand for tickets, it is the Committee's intend'
double, after Tuesday next.

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BIRTHS
On Wednesday, the 18th inst., at Leicester, 309. f".
Bell, of a son.
,Of.V
On the inst., at Endsleigh-street, 0-*0 Mrs. gell°l.oo6'
On the 19th inst., at Grove-end-road, St, Joh
of'
Firminger, of a daughter.
On the i 9th inst., the lady of Binsteed Gaselee, n
On the 19th inst.., in Montague-street, Russell-9' 1
lady of John tiolton, Esq., of a daughter. V.
On the 19th inst., at Bedford, the lady of the Re
Brereton, B. C.L., of a son.
On the 19th inst., at the Parsonage, Leaven-heath'
the wife f the Rev. H. '1". Curry, of a son. hter'i
On theo 20th inst., Mrs. P. J. Chabot, of a daugAv of
On the :20th inst., at West Ham Abbey, the
Tucker, Esq., it Finsbury-circus, of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., at Cottage-green, Camberbvel
W. Winkle%, of a son

M.4I?IiIED. bo
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On the 19th inst., at Streatham Church Chad° hteracor
Rig., Madras Army, to Catherine Anne second cla", of
Rev. G. Hough, M.A., Senior Chaplain at the ‘131)
Hope.

DIED. the
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On the 12th inst., at Lower Claptons ''-- a '
slaughter of W. Jubb, of Herringthorpe. Yorkshire•ontoar 0
On the 15th inst., at Paul House, Upper Ealv Pijoil
George Taylor, aged 60. ),, $ ,
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Oa
On the 16th inst., at Mount Tavy, near —10f1)„,iAl.
Cornwall, anEjs
Carpenter, qa.baep-Aultavgltireautteenfaonrttfhoer
tehoeunctoitewsty...oofaryp,..4
On the 19th inst., at Hagley-place, New Kent' ' coo
Harrison, accountant, aged SS.
On the 19th inst., Charles Henry, the infant 5° a 1......",
F. Harris, Esq.l of Harrow-park.
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