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station, and were hindered by 

 circumstances. He wished that 

 his successors might constantl}' 

 bear in mind tlie principle of all 

 tinies and ages, that Princes are 

 born for the good of the people, 

 and that the latter are not the 

 property of a few families." 



On August the 6th, the follow- 

 ing most lamentable and unfor- 

 tunate occurrence took place, on 

 Messrs. Horreil's premises, in 

 the second Back lane, in Exeter. 

 Three men, William Middlewick, 

 Nicholas Eustace, and William 

 Finnemore, were employed in 

 making a pit, for the reception of 

 the contents of a sewer. Middle- 

 wick, having nearly completed an 

 adit, was in the act of ascending 

 the ladder, when he dropped his 

 shovel, and on his returning for 

 the same, nearly the whole con- 

 tents of the privy burst upon 

 him, and caused instant suffoca- 

 tion. His companion, Eustace, 

 immediately descended to his as- 

 sistance, and ere he had got half 

 way down the ladder, the noxi- 

 ous vapour precipitated him to 

 the bottom, and he shared a 

 similar fate. A third man, Wil- 

 liam Finnemore, then went down, 

 and he fell in ; and on a person, 

 of the name of Giles Tozer, in 

 the employ of Mr. G. Turner, 

 silversmith, being apprized of the 

 shocking circumstance, he volun- 

 teered his services, and he also 

 fell from the ladder. Another 

 man then went down, with a rope 

 affixed round his body, who was 

 immediately drawn up in a state 

 of insensibility ; in consequence 

 of which no others could be found 

 to undertake the hazardous task 

 of descending the pit, until Mr. 

 John Rouse, of Exeter, plumber, 



having been informed of the 

 melancholy event, instantly re- 

 paired to the spot, and with that 

 humanity which ought never to 

 be forgotten, went down the 

 ladder, and succeeded in bringing 

 up three of the unfortunate men, 

 viz. Tozer, Finnemore, and 

 Middlewick, and with the assist- 

 ance of a person named Risewell, 

 (Mr. Rouse being nearly exhaust- 

 ed with his humane efforts ) got 

 up the other poor fellow, Eustace, 

 who, together with Middlewick, 

 was lifeless ; and every means 

 used for their recovery by several 

 professional gentlemen proved 

 ineffectual. Finnemore and Tozer 

 were immediately put to bed in a 

 very dangerous state ; and we are 

 sorry to say, that on Monday 

 morning, about six o'clock, the 

 latter breathed his last, leaving a 

 wife and one child, in the most 

 indigent circumstances, to lament 

 his unhappy decease. Finnemore, 

 we are informed, still lies ex- 

 tremely ill. Thus three indivi- 

 duals lost their lives, two of thera 

 in the cause of humanity, in 

 endeavouring to extricate a 

 fellow-creature from a prema- 

 ture death. 



6. Bamberg. — We have re- 

 ceived circumstantial details on 

 the new sect which was formed 

 some time ago in Saxony, the 

 fanaticism of which occasioned 

 lately a frightful assassination. 

 This sect is established princi- 

 pally in the circles of Leipsic and 

 Misnia; it pretends to observe 

 with the greatest rigour all the 

 doctrines of the Old Testament, 

 to reject the New, to destroy all 

 those who do not follow the 

 same system, and to proclaim 

 the regeneration of the whole 



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