SKELETONS IN STONE COFFIN...
SKEI.EONS TiN STONE COFFINs.-lhe workmnen, em- | p!loyed in cxcavating the interior part of the ancient castle of lI;. tings, on Saturday se'nnigltt discove?cd thece antiquce stone coffins it a chamber or vault. Oncdof theal, revel: f'ect long, has beets openlel by the removal o0 a flat stone, whicll served as its lid.' In contained a1 perflct skeleton, nearly six feet in length, the ribs of which, at the first coup d'eeU, prdsented nl elerated appearance, hut on exposure to the air they became depriesacsd andl its original appearance was lost. The leg, ari. nand thighibones, witith sme of the vertebra), jaws, teeth, &c., were finn and perfect. It could not be ascettained whethler the individuatl in question (who must have been interred many centuries) was nnale or female; but it is reasonable to suppoise tlat none bsit persons; of distinctimo would have been buried within the wallst precine:s of 'tle Castle Another coffinp about fbur feet long, near to tthe oue just (lescribed, evidently cont;uricd the remains *f a child. The third, which measures about seven teet, will not be inspected till the arrivai of the Earl of Chiehester, who is expect- cd shortly to revisit li astings. The labourets are btill actively pro. secuting tiheir researches, anl, .h is believed, are on the eve of gaining access to anotlter apartment, which, Irolll the appearance ot'hEie gate- way,is believed to lhave been t chapel. Hastings (astle fonnerly stood on six acres of ground, anid we understatid the Bail of Chichester is about to enclose thel presetit ruin, and erect a lodge or cottage, in which aperson is to reside for the parpose of pointing out whatever mlay be worthy the notice of the stranger. A silvcr penny of the reign of hlary, dated 1S7, and halfan antique spur, much corrod- ed, have also been dug up in the above ruin2s. PUaoLIc FOOTPrATIMR.-Puring the last week the Graild Jury for the countyof York found a true bill against the occupier of a field of l;ord Grantham's, without Monk-bar, for having diverted a footpath, which has beetn enjoyed by the public beyond the me- ilory of man.-York Herald. Yesterdlay afteriioonl a fire occurred on the premisus of Illr. Stevens boat.builder, of Rotherhithc-wall,occasioned by a pot of pitch boilmg over; but was extinguished in lirtle less ttsn an hour, after umucl damnage to the prensiacs antI destruction of several boats on the stecks. Yesterday at two o'clock a serious accidenit occurred immediately opposite St. George's churchl, in the Borough, to a Mrs. Allen, tilewifeofan offieer oftlhe Baraugh Courtof Requests. She was crossing the street at the moment the bantl preceding the procession of a club of tradesmic was passing and the souild of the instruntients causing a hoise in atn empty town-cart to take fright, Lbs antimal Ilnockced her downi'arad the r.heels passetl ovcr her body. Al r. Olding, tfurgeon, opposite, bad i-er iinietialely conveyed to a b)ed in his lhouse, where sthe continuetl for four hours, cxperiencing -very possible attention, 'ind from whence she ywoa taken home .n a nsuc' injur.d tate,