The Sun. — 1852-11-02 (London, England)

DECIMAL CURRENCY.—There is no necessity for getting rid of our present silver coinage, in order to establish adecimal system, as it would only be requisite to enact that henceforth 1,000 farthings should go to the pound; to coin a " ten-farthing" piece, either of copper, silver, or a mixture of both ; and to call in the fourpenny and threepenny pieces —the latter of which are a nuisance, for their closecloseresemblance pieces of money :-1 pound, equal 1,000 farthinlqo(churrent); 1-4th pound, crown, equal 250 farthi • florin, equal 100 farthings (current); 1-2nfli I- 10th ng, equal 50 farthings: 1-40th pound, sispencep,o2usn 1-100th pound, " ten-farthing," equal 10 farthings farthings; (current); 1-250th pound, penny, 4 farthings; 1-500th halfpenny, 2 farthings; 1-1000th pound, farthing, 1 farthing (current). The only inconvenience of this system would be, that, in exchanging a shilling for copper, one halfpenny Must be added, and in exchanging a" sixpence," one farthing. SHOCKING SEWER ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a most deplorable accident occurred upon the premises of Messrs. Williams, the soap Makers of Compton-street, Goswell-road, whose premises were, above twenty years ago, the scene of a most apalling murder, the perpetrator of which has to the present. day remained undiscovered. It appears that in conformity with the recent act of Parliament, the Sewers Commissoodneicisehsasrvse been laying down new sewers in Compton-street, a Williams, availing themselves of the opportunity offderemdoorof improving the drainage of their own premises, effectively connecting it with the main sewer, had engaged a Contractor for that purpose, and for some days the men have been at work commencing the new drain from the street, and Carrying it backwards as far as required. yesterday afternoon some water was seen pouring along the bottom ofl the drain, the men being out of itatthettitmome. t Pon making this discovery one of the men, although warned to be careful, descended the ladder, but had not got far down, when, overcome by the dreadful stench that was emitted, he fell into the drain quite sense!ess• The poor fellow who stood next to him on the ladder 12,1stantly descended in the hope of rescuing him, and lie in the same manner fell senseless. His brother, who was stand-01)Y, attempted to descend, having a rope to assist him, but had not got far down when, from the same caut-e he ,tainted, and was drawn up by those above, end found to be oa dying state. He was instantly taken to a public-house toi,,,'_°site and a medical gentleman :Ant for, who had him put was going and every attention was paid to him. Whilst this became on a fourth man essayed to go down, but instantly ne insensible, and upon being got out was, by the advice 'g,t.o.e medical gentlemen who were present, sent in a cab to Bartholomew's artholomew's Hospital. After a lapse of about an Lour the intensity of the vapour having somewhat subsided, the as ~ The fellows who first went down were got out quite haeval e man who had been taken to the public-house sensibgaistomewhat recovered, but being still in a state of inthe eartsYLweles placed upoa a bed, and conveyed in one of their beingvs covuelrtlnother men engaged, the names of the not with any degree of correctness be asf_ eee but one of them is said to have left a wife and el the .loolutly. The occurrence has created the most painful eensaAa AR neighbourhood.ous i\llj n THE I{ WIFE, NEAR TRATFORD His - s -r AN OLD MAN AND coroner for the district, W. W, Ward, (Monday) the of the Ward, Eieq., resumed the inquest upon the bodies souae evidence, the. deceased, and after receiving 1349C4'5.1113g1 Were further adjourned,