Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 2-4) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) [continued] At Penrith, on Tuesday last, on the body of Wilfrid WRIGHT, of Acorn Bank Mill, aged 44 years. The deceased came to the Griffin Inn on Saturday night last, and, after sitting in the kitchen for a short time, his left leg lost all power, so much so that he was obliged to have the assistance of the ostler in leaving his chair. At his own request he was removed to a stable, where he was provided with a straw bed and sufficient clothing, and was waited on by the ostler at different times during the night. He rose at seven the next morning and walked down to the kitchen, having recovered the perfect use of his paralyzed limb. In a few minutes he returned to another stable, where, in the presence of the ostler, he fell forward upon the floor and died, almost instantly. Verdict-"Apoplexy." WRIGHT was a noted wrestler in Cumberland. (Before Mr. LEE, Deputy Coroner.) At the Police-office, Carlisle, on the body of a new-born child, who was found in the river Eden. Mr. BOWMAN, surgeon, was of opinion that the child had not been born with life. Verdict accordingly. There was no evidence to show who was the mother of the child. (Before Mr. LUMB, Coroner.) An inquest was held on Wednesday week, on view of the body of Joseph FURNESS, of Sunderland, aged 84 years, who, on the morning of the preceding day, was found dead in bed. Verdict, "Died by the visitation of God." DREADFUL MISCALCULATION.-A dreadful coal pit accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at the pit belonging to Messrs. OSTLE and DUNGLINSON, at Dearham, near Maryport, on Saturday morning last. Two men and three boys were about to descend into the pit at one time, when another boy also attempted to get into the basket, but fortunately for himself he turned back, feeling rather afraid to descend with so many. When the two men and three boys, who were in the act of descending, were not more than three feet from the top, the rope broke, and the whole were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a depth of fully fifty yards. Two of the unfortunate sufferers breathed once or twice after they were taken up, but the others had died instantaneously. The names of the sufferers are as follows:-Thomas OSTLE, aged 24, who has left a wife and three children; William MURRAY, aged 39, who has left a wife and five children; two brothers of the names of Wilfrid and Benjamin LISTER, one of them eight years of age and the other twelve; and another youth, named William CALLTHORPE, aged 17, brother-in-law to Thomas OSTLE. An inquest was held on Saturday evening, on the remains of the sufferers, which commenced sitting at six o'clock, and did not terminate till midnight. There had been a report that the rope had been maliciously cut, and pains were taken to sift the affair to the bottom. After a long and careful investigation, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death, caused by the bad and imperfect material of which the rope was composed." We understand that the rope was comparatively a new one, and deemed so sufficient for its purpose that an experienced colliery proprietor asserted that such would have been his confidence in the strength of the rope, from its appearance, that he should not have hesitated to have gone down with the men at the time when the accident took place. The rope was calculated to bear a weight of sixty cwt.; but at the time of the accident, the deceased persons, together with the basket, did not exceed five cwt.! The remains of the unfortunate sufferers were interred in Dearham church-yard on Sunday last, when they were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of people. [Since the above was in type we have received another account of the accident from a correspondent who attended the inquest, and who says- ] "From the evidence tendered it appeared that no blame was attributable to the owners. That the rope was purchased from the manufacturers-Messrs. John GRIMSHAW and Co., of Bishopwearmouth-and had not been long in use; but had been viewed with suspicion from the first, as faulty; and the engineer had been consequently directed to attend particularly to it. The part where it broke was examined before the Jury, and the opinion given was, that the material was bad, that it ought to have sustained a weight of three tons, and that the weight attached when the accident took place, was about a quarter of a ton only." Our correspondent justly adds:- "Rope-makers, who undertake to supply colliery ropes, should certainly take care that they are of good material, where so many lives are necessarily in constant risk; and we cannot but consider it the duty of coal-OWNERS every where, to test, not once, but frequently, the strength of the ropes used in their concerns. In this case, six infant children and two widows are thrown into destitution; with the prospect of shortly increasing their families."