Saturday 07 Sep 1844 (p. 3, col. 1-3) FATAL ACCIDENT.-An inquest was held on Friday last, before Mr. CARRICK, coroner, on the body of William TELFORD, a sawyer in the employment of Mr. E. BROCKBANK, of this city, who met with his death on the preceding day, under the following circumstances. It is conjectured that in attempting to put a belt upon the drum which drives the machinery, he had fallen upon the axle, and, thus entangled, was lifted up and carried round the wheel, which was revolving rapidly. The repeated strokes of his feet upon the ceiling at each revolution attracted the attention of the workmen in a room above, who, on going down to ascertain the cause, found him in the dangerous position in which his incautiousness had placed him. The engine was stopped with due speed, and the youth conveyed to the Infirmary, but the injuries inflicted upon him were of such a nature that he survived only a quarter of an hour after the accident. He had been cautioned against attempting to put the belt upon the machinery whilst the engine was in motion, only a day or two before, and his melancholy death is entirely the result of the indiscretion which the regulations of the saw-mill strictly forbid. No one was present when the accident occurred. A verdict of accidental death was returned. MEMORIAL TO GRACE DARLING.-In the sculpture-yard of Mr. DAVIS, of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, is a head-stone, the order for which has been given by the venerable Archdeacon THORPE, of Durham, intended to be placed in St. Cuthbert's Chapel, Fern Islands, in memory of the heroic Grace DARLING. The tablet is a beautiful stone cippus, about six feet in height, whereon is carved St. Cuthbert's Cross, beneath which is the following expressive inscription, embodying the exquisite poetry of WORDSWORTH:- "In memory of Grace Horsley DARLING, a native of Bamburgh, and an inhabitant of these Ielands [sic], who died Oct. 20, A.D., 1842. Aged 26 years." ----- Pious and pure, modest, and yet so brave, Though young so wise, though meek so resolute. ----- Oh! that winds and waves could speak Of things which their united power called forth From the pure depths of her humanity! A maiden gentle, yet at duty's call, Firm and unflinching, as the lighthouse reared On the Island-rock, her lonely dwelling-place; Or like the invincible rock itself that braves, Age after age, the hostile elements, As when it guarded holy Cuthbert's cell. All night the storm had raged, nor ceased, nor paused, When as day broke, the maid, through misty air, Espies far off a wreck, amid the surf, Beating on one of those disastrous isles- Half of a vessel, half-no more; the rest Had vanished- W. WORDSWORTH. DREADFUL DEATH.-An inquest was held at Hetton-le-Hole, on the 28th ult., on the body of William PARRY, aged 30. Deceased was a pitman, and on Tuesday morning, with several others, was riding on some waggons in the Isabella Pit, towards the shaft when a large quantity of coal fell from the roof, and crushed deceased's head on one of the corners of the waggons, whicb killed him upon the spot. Deceased and the others who were riding with him, are some of the Welshmen who have been recently brought to work at the Hetton Colliery. Verdict "Accidental death." JAMES COCKBURN BELANY.-This unhappy man-unhappy whether innocent or guilty-left London on the morning of the 23rd inst. (the day following his trial and acquittal), and passed through Gateshead in the evening, on his way to North Sunderland. His return home, as well as that of some of the witnesses who appeared in his favour at the trial, (according to a letter dated the 28th ult., giving an account of his arrival,) has been the reverse of welcome. One party (Mr. HALL), it is said, was stoned from the village half-way down to the Sea Houses (where he resides); and on Wednesday an effigy was elevated on a pole, and, after being paraded for some time round the neighbourhood, it was set fire to in the presence, and amidst the shoutings, of some hundreds of the population, in front of BELANY's house, on the Road to Bamburgh. It was afterwards thrown, half-consumed, into a park or garden adjoining his residence, the people concluding their "labour of love" with a tremendous hurrah. A letter which appeared in the Times newspaper of Saturday last, signed G. S., strongly condemnatory of the jury who tried and acquitted BELANY, has also been reprinted at Alnwick, and extensively circulated. The excitement in the locality of North Sunderland, where BELANY and his unfortunate and much-respected wife were so well known, and where her friends mostly reside, is described by a correspondent as being still very great.