The Sun. — 1842-12-31 (London, England)

COIIONER—I reallv cannot understand you; if you do no;, tell the history of this aWair more correctly I must use other means. Witness--I did not hear Short make any reply to this. After he'had said "Don't murder me quite," I heard deceased call out " Murder" several times. Prisoner then Said something, but I cannot tell what it was he said.  After some delay, The Rev. T. SPENCER moved " That the Bill' brought forward by the Suffrage Council, and laid upon the table, be now discussed." This motion; upon being seconded by Mr. Anstey, was carried unanimously. Mr. VINCENT moved, that "The document, called The People's Charter' be laid upon the table, and considered in connection with the Bill prepared by the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union.' Mr. J. COLLINS seconded the motion. Dr. RITCIIIE said, it was perfectly competent for any man to propose amendments to the provisions contained in the Bill, and they might take them from any source they pleased; but he objected to recognising the Charter.—(Hear, hear.) It was here stated that the Members of " the Council" who had previously retired, were now prepared to submit a resolution and an amendment to the meeting, with the view of settling the future conduct of the Complete Suffrage party with regard to the majority of the delegates then assembled in the Mechanics' Institution. It had, however, been arranged that there was to be no " speechification " and it was hoped that the " friends" assembled would' come to a vote without offering any observation. Mr. GARDINER then moved, and Mr. MEAL seconded, the following resolution :—" That a portion of the Delegates sent to this Conference having refused to make the Bill prepared by the Council the basis of discussion, the Conference having been expressly convened for the purpose of preparing such a Bill, feel themselves bound to declare that such Delegates are no longer a part of the Conference, except those of them who shall hereafter comply with the course of business prescribed by the Council according to the terms of the Convention."  John Blakeney, Esq., Coroner; John Ireland, Esq., J.P., and Sylvanus Jones, Esq, R.M., attended at the • Town Court-house, at the hour of twelve o'clock on St. Stephen's Day, to investigate the causes which led to the terrible disaster we have already referred to. A respectable Jury was then sworn, consisting of sixteen persons, whom the Coroner addressed, stating that it should be their chief endeavour to make out who first raised the cry "that the galleries were falling." If it turns out, continued he (and I believe and hope, for the sake of human nature, it will not prove so), that any individual wantonly or wickedly led to the untimely death of so many of his fellowcreatures, the laws of our country will, in that event, visit 'him with the utmost rigour. After you view the several bodies of the deceased, and return here, I shall adjourn this Court until Friday. The Jury then proceeded to view the bodies, and on their return the Coroner adjourned the Court until eleven o'clock on Friday.  The COTIONER, addressing the Jury—l do not know gentlemen, whether you can understand this witness ; I do not.  ITXIIEALTIIINESS or