sisters were found lying on the floor, in a deplorable state; both legs of one were broken close to the ankle, and the other, who was lying by her side, was severely cut and bruised about the head; the gentleman, too, who had been with them had not escaped, for one of his fingers was broken and the others dislocated. A surgcon promptly attended, and having set the limbs and dressed the other wounds, the sufferers were conThey were soon veyed to bed. going on very well, and likely to It has since transpired that the two sisters and the

recover.

gen

tleman had been going over the
extensive warehouses where the
pledged property is placed, and
viewing, among other things, the
"spout," up and down which the
pledges are conveyed. This is a
tunnel from the second-floor to
the shop, and about three feet
square, down which a basket is
lowered and raised with the
pledges. The parties were being
let up and down by the pully,
when the rope suddenly snapped,
and the gentleman and the two
sisters were suddenly thrown with
great violence from a very consi-
derable height.

APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE.

The MINISTRY, as it stood at the meeting of Parliament, Feb. 2nd, 1843.

THE CABINET.

Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.
Right Hon. Henry Goulburn
Lord Lyndhurst

Lord Wharncliffe.

First Lord of the Treasury.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord High Chancellor.

Lord President of the Council.

Rt. Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart. Home Secretary.

Earl of Aberdeen

Lord Stanley

Earl of Haddington

Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci

Earl of Ripon.

Foreign Secretary.

Colonial Secretary.

First Lord of the Admirally.
President of the Board of Control.
President of the Board of Trade.

Duke of Buccleugh and Queens} Privy Seal.

berry.
Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge.
Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. Knatchbull, Bt.
Duke of Wellington, K.G.

Lord Lowther

Secretary-at-1
-War.

Paymaster of the Forces.
Commander of the Forces.

NOT OF THE CABINET.

Postmaster-General.

Chan. of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Chief Com. of Woods and Forests.
Master-General of the Ordnance.
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.
Clerk of the Ordnance.

Vice-President of the Board of
Trade and Master of the Mint.

Lords of the Treasury.

Joint Secretaries of the Treasury.

HOUSEHOLD APPOINTMENTS.

Lord Chamberlain. Earl Delawarr.
Vice-Chamberlain.-Lord Ernest Bruce.
Mistress of the Robes.-Duchess of Buccleugh.
Lord Steward.-Earl of Liverpool.

Treasurer of the Household.-Earl Jermyn.

Comptroller of the Household.-Hon. Col. D. Damer.
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms.-Lord Forester.
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.-Earl of Beverley.
Master of the Horse.-Earl of Jersey.

Clerk Marshal.-Lord Charles Wellesley.
Master of the Buckhounds.-Earl of Rosslyn.

Bedfordshire
Berkshire

Bucks

J. Trevor Senior, Esq., Broughton House, Aylesbury.

Cambridge and Hunting-E. Humphrys Greene, Esq., Hinxton.

don

John Dixon, Esq., Astle.

William Marshall, Esq., Treworgey.
Robert Hodgson, Esq., Salkeld Hall.
William Mundy, Esq., Markeaton.
Wm. John Clarke, Esq., Buckland.

J. C. Dale, Esq., Glanvilles, Wootton.
Edward Shippersden, Esq., Durham.

H. J. Conyers, Esq., Copped Hall, Epping.

R. S. Holford, Esq., Weston Birt.

Sir E. F. Scudamore Stanhope, Bart., Holme Lacy

C. J. Dimsdale, Esq., Essendon Place.

Fred. Perkins, Esq., Chepsted Place.

William Garnett, Esq., Larkhill, and Bleasdale Forest.

Sir W. W. Dixie, Bart., Bosworth Park.

Hertfordshire

Kent

G. Hussey Packc, Esq., Caythorpe,

F. G. Moon, Esq.

Sir A. de Capell Broke, Bart., Oakley.

T. Anderson, Esq., Little Harle Tower.

T. Dickenson Hall, Esq., Whatton.

W. H. Vanderstegen, Esq., Cane-End-House.
George Fludyer, Esq., Ayston.

Sir A. Vincent Corbet, Bart., Acton Reynold.
The Hon. P. Pleydell Bouverie, Brymore.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Ryde, Isle of Wight.
J. Shawe Manley, Esq., Manley Hall.

W. Long, Esq., Saxmundham.

R. Sumner, Esq., Puttenham Priory.
Musgrave Briscoe, Esq., Coghurst.
A. F. Gregory, Esq., Stivichall.

Earl of Thanet.

H. S. Olivier, Esq., Potterne.

W. Robins, Esq., Hagley.

Sir J. W. Copley, Bart., Sprotborough.

WALES.

Owen Roberts, Esq., Tynewydd.

Walter Maybery, Esq., Brecknock.

David Jones, Esq., Bodfan.

William Phillips, Esq., Waynwago.
F. T. Gibb, Esq., Hendrefelden.
J. Townshend, Esq., Trevallyn.

Sir Pyers Mostyn, Bart., Talacre.

J. Homfray, Esq., Llandaff House.

Owen Jones Ellis Nanney, Esq., Cefnddeudwr.
Sir J. Conroy, Bart., Plasypennant.

G. Lort Phillips, Esq., Dumpledale.

E. D. Thomas, Esq., Willfield House.

IRELAND.

John M'Neile, of Parkmount, Esq.

J. M. Stronge, of Tynan Abbey, Esq.

T. P. Vigors, of Erindale, Esq.

William Ennery, of Ballyconnell House, Esq.
William Skerrett, of Finnevary, Esq.

Hon. Arthur Grove Annesley, of Anne's Grove.

J. R. Boyd, of Ballymacool, Esq.

Patrick J. Nugent, of Portaferry, Esq.

Charles Cobbe, jun., of Newbridge, Esq.

Richard Hall, of Innismore, Esq.

Robert Gregory, of Coole Park, Esq.
Pierce Mahony, jun., of Kilmeeny, Esq.
John La Touche, of Harristown, Esq.
Robert Tyndall, of Oakland, Esq.

Kerry

Kildare.

Henry Trench, of Newtown, Esq.

John R. Godley, of Killeghar, Esq.