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      POLAND AND RUSSIA . / . plMES Or" TEE HDSGOYITE MISCREANT . . liaTeto correct an error in our article of last if for which the author of " Eastern lEurope i thelon ipcror Nicholas" is responsible , Tlie 9 T was in the name of the heroic abbess of the £ lT 0 -ccutcd nuns ; an eminent Polish patriot informs J * tliat the real name of this noble martyr is Irexa ai « ritstA WSK 1 » ^^ *"" ^ Iieceslis { Meceslas is a X ! Ln ian Christian name given only to men , and ver "i to women ^ I * k necessary that the real vac of ' ' wave woman shodd be known . That Mne is B 0 W * P ™? ^ ° f Europe , nay , -of the fl j , j at large , aad will go ctown to posterity with ^ to Nicholas— the formcrto be revered , the latter ! i be esecraied trough all lime * ffc now proceed to place on record some further qjicments of the barbareus doings of the miscreant Nic holas- to

      * ^ s in Poland Nich «& as labours convert the Catholic population to ihe Greek Church , by what {^ lishiaeaas we fully-described last week , so he pur-^ the same object xs regards the Protestant population « f the Baltic provinces . The latest news L jin these provinces is of a most melancholy nature . The work of Russlanising the people is proceeding in spnc of au opposition . These provinces were formerly onder Prussian domination , and were for some * jiae * governed by the Swedes ; but neither Prussia 2 or Sweden dare to interfere , Russia is too powerful , and every one must take care of his own affairs . It is , therefore , not for one moment to be imagined that he imperial double eagleof Russia is to be frightened

      from gorging himself there in the destruction and dissection of an old limb of Germany by the very slig ht clamoar that is raised against him . What are the Russians doing there ? They are attempting to change the most sacred things a people possess—their language , easterns , and religion . This they have no rieht to do , for these provinces were ceded to them bv a treaty in which they promised to respect and protect old customs and laws , and especially the language and religion of the people . During the first four yearsofthcpresentEmperor ' sreignthe Germans and their customs there were respected and protected , bat the unhappy fate of Poland seems to draw after it into the same slough the other portions not nationally belonging to the Russian empire . Everything

      is to become Russian . Let us now return to unhappy Poland , which country was visited by Nicholas last summer . To all tkeevils which continue to afflict Poland these fifteen years , to political oppression and religious nersecution , without a parallel in modern history , a fresh calamity has lately been added . The bad harvest of last year has occasioned a scarcity , and the overflowing ofthe rivers at two distinct periods , in the spring and immediately before the harvest , has ravaged every habitation and every field in many a district . These misfortunes have been aggravated and prolonged bvthe scarcity itself , which prevented the sowing of half the land . As to the potatoe crop , the principal food of the poor , its deficieae } in the autumn raised the price of that useful plant so

      exorbitantly high , as scarcely io admit ihe possibility of using it for seed ; so that , to the appalling effect of present misery is superadded most threatening anticipations for the future . It is more particularly in thc ancient palatinates of Saudoniir , Plock , Lublin , Augustow , as well in part of ihe palatinate of Cracovia , that the femineand all the evils in its train have been the most felt . In those unfortunate provinces entire masses of people , deprived of every necessary , wander about the eountrv , divided into bands , in search of the most loathsome food , which is oftener more adapted to soothe their hunger than afford nourishment . Numberless diseases , the unavoidable consequence of destitution , rapidly diminish the number of these , unfortunate men , and despair sometimesdrives them to acts of violence which the authorities are not

      alwavs able to repress . At the sight of so much misery who coa * d . remain unmoved ? "Whai haired , be it ever £ 0 implacable , could avoid relenting ? Yet the Emperor has remained indifferent ! He has seen nothing , or he would sec nothing ; and he has not even inquired into the causes of thc calamity , or thought of any remedies by which it mig ht be alleviated . All his lime at Warsaw was engrossed by military pomp aud parade . He repeatedly visited the citadel , as if to convince himself with his own eyes thai it is in a good posture of defence ; and he betrayed , in this respect , some of the anxiety usual with one who examines his weapon on the eve of using the same . He also made several trips to Georgiesfc ( formerly

      Modlin ) , situate a few miles from Warsaw , and destined to cheek the country all around . From a letter written on the banks of the Vistula , in August last , we take thc following description of a visit paid by the great bear to the students of Warsaw : — ' * One day the Emperor , perambulating the streets of Warsaw in Ids carriage , fell in with two students , who neg lected to uncover their heads in his presence . He immediately ordered his coachman to overtake them , and he himself asked them if tbey did not know who he was . One of them having answered , ' No , mv General , ' He abruptly retorted , 'What , then , not know your Sovereign V This apostrophe struck the two young men with terror , while his Majesty added , ' Look at me well ,

      that another time yon may not foiget the person ot your Emperor ; but I shall take care , besides , to make myself known to all the students . " Next morning all the schools received an order to appear before his Majesty , with due solemnity , their governors and professors at their head . The Emperor walked slowlv through their ranks , inquiring of Marshal Paskewicz whether he was satisfied with the students of Warsaw . The marshal , always on his guard , and knowing well his master , cautiously replied , 'that he was not altogether quite satisfied . ' The Emperor then cast a frowning look over the poor Students , and fastened his eve unon one ol them , unfortunately a p lain-looking youth , whom he pointed Ditto " his suite , savins , 'Mark , what mouth , what snout { roza , morda , literally a vulgar and contemptuous expression , applicable to a pig)—I will wager that he is a wretch capable of any crimes . ' j The unhappy student thus described happened pre-j

      cisely to be remarkable for his geod conduct and proficiency ; and as the professor ventured to whisper the fact to the counsellor of state , Muchanow , who is at the head of public instruction in Poland , Muchanow thought it his duty to repeat it to the Emperor , but his Majesty rebuked Mm in no gentle terms , and told him to hold his tongue , while he himself gave vent to Lis angry feelings , In a lecture to the students , in tone and spirit very similar to his celebrated speech , bestowed on the municipality of Warsaw . On this occasion he closed his paternal admonition to the students with the exhortation that they were henceforward to behave in such a manner as to deserve the good opinion ot the marshal , as otherwise he would close their school and distribute the students without distinction among his different regiments , where they would be obliged to serve as common soldiers and recruits . It is not difficult to imagine the consternation which tins imperial speech has spread in every Polish family . "

      To some thc above statements may appear trivial , io ns they appear Important ; the brutal speech to the poor inoffensive student sufficiently stamps 2 TicaoLis as an uncivilised ruffian ; but we have now to call the attention of our readers to horrors almost equalling those to which xhe nuns of St . Basillus were subjected , described in our paper of last week . The following most important article is translated from a French monthly periodical , an organ of the working class , and exclusively written by working men . The facts therein stated have not hitherto appeared In anv English journal . We are indebted for ihe translation to the eminent Polish patriot abuve alluded to : —

      Every § ay are we hearing from Poland an account of atrocities perpetrated by Xicliolas against that unhappy ration . This crowned monster is continually putting to death our unhappy brothers of the north . The Poles , in **> e eves of the tyrant , are suiMy of the twofold crime of being Catholics and Poles . He martyrizes the Catholics btcaase thev refiise to al-jnre their faith , and to recognise ihn as their spiritual chief ; he puts to death the Poles iecanse they refiise to acknowledge him as their king , and so his career as an executioner never terminates . Desirous , on our par ^ that our readers should have some idea of the bloodthirstiness of the Czar—desirous , 2150 , io make known the devotion of two of his victims , we here give two instances of it , not yet published : —

      On the 4 th of August , IStO , Charles Xeritoua : was arrested on the charge of being a conspirator , and imprisoned in the citadel of Warsaw . After having , in vain , far one entire year , exhausted upon Lentous , and upon Jhh-ty of his friends , who were accused with him , every physical and moral torture that the human brain could devise , his friends were liberated ; levitoux , alonesas-I * ttea of being the head of the conspiracy , was detained J «« mer . A new president having been appointed *<> tne committee charged with the prosecution of l ^ ie accused , he was struck with the similarity of lit ? mode of their defence , and had ordered Levitoux ^ s du ngeon to be minutelv examined , and they

      founa traces of a complicity between the prisoners and a few of iTie citizens of Warsaw . I * vitonx , who was in vain hiterroga ted , received three hundred stripes ofthe knout ^ compel ' lim to denounce his accomplices . The nest £ ay , ius -i d * still bleeding , the executioner repeated *« = atrodtv , ai / c also threatened even stUlmore to aggra-« "I and " i „ CreaS » Uis sufferings , when Levitoux , not doubting COurj , e DOr jjjg ] 0 Te for Ws COuntry , out his Etren Sui , which he feared might fail him at the ex-^ "fcm omrat , resolvi <* *» die- The door of each Kussian the

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      SvTn " ?/ *» a SmaU 8 nutter ' thr 0 U « h wMcn >' e « y moment , t sentinel e ^ observe what the prisoner T ° ' «> add still more to the wretchedness of thc unfortunate , ^^ ^ light burnmg aUnight ; s 0 that eTenwnei V reposing on his straw pallet , the prisoner is made to feithat the eyes of a foe are constantly upon mm . Levitoux having found means of lulling the vigilance , of the sentinel , barricaded the door of his dungeon , "J ' jrder to delay those who might wish to open it , then Placing his light beneath Ms pallet , he wrapped himself up in . uis coverlet , and , commending his soul to God , wailed for death . The names being perceived by the soldiers they burst open the door , and found Levitoux bnming , yet still alive ; they th « m renewed then- threats , when the martyr , transported by a holy zeal , tore open his throat , and expired . Thus his soul alone carried to heaven with it his secret .

      The second instance of martyrdom is no less remarkable than the former . The abbot , Scigenny , whose worth and noble patriotism are the universal theme in Kitlee , was arrested , together with a very great number of his countrymen , about the end of the year ISM . He was accused of having been preparing an insurrection against the Russians . Having already undergone the horrid punishmemt of the knout , one evening the committee of inquiry , interrogating him about the names of his accomplices , threatened him with the most terrible tortures . The good priest stretched forth his hand over the flame

      of the lamp , and allowing it to burn , calmly said , " You may martyrize me ; my life is in your hands , but my soul is with my God , and with Poland . Do what you may , no human power shall induce me to perpetrate an act of perfidy . " Whilst they were attempting to drag him from thtkunp , he seized hold of it , and drank thc boiling oil . In afew minutes he expired , defying his persecutors , and thus achieved that immortal glory , reserved only for those who sacrifice their lives in vindication of their faith , and ot their devotedness to the Interests of humanity .

      In its number of tho 23 rd of September , the journal L'Uniters , gives an account ofthe martyrdom of fortyseven Polish Catholic nuns , who suffered the most horrible tortures rather than renounce their faith to adopt the religion of the tyrant of their country . We will not again allude to so melancholy a recital , as it is already known to our readers . VUnicers accuses the French press of being , by its silence , the accomplice of Nicholas . Wo are anxious to prove that this accusation cannot be applied to the journals of the revolutionary party . Our party never covenanted with the infamous Nicholas . There is not a single radical who would not cheerfully sacrifice his life , so that the deserved punishment of God might speedily fall upon him who is by all good men called the execrable tyrant of the north .

      And it is not us , above all , that they can accuse of holding our tongues through a miserable interest of antireligious or anti-national policy . Revolutionists ! we will do aU in our power to assist at crushing the tyrant of Poland under the chastisement of his crimes . Catholics ! we would wish to deliver to divine justice the scliismatical Pope , who , by his abominable cruelties , andhis unheard of persecutions , has sunk into oblivion the names of the tyrants Hero and Diocletian . Oh , that it were in our power to aid our Polish brothers , the world would then see how great is our detestation of the monsters who persecute them . But bow is it that the soit disant religious journal reproaches revolutionary France ? Was it not in the reign of Louis XV ., of shameful memory , that Poland

      was torn in rags ? He could have saved her she invoked him , but he shamefully sacrificed her to the infamous debauchees of his royal seraglio . France , oa the contrary , when she was delivered from the Bourbons , has always extended a helping hand to Poland . On all the battlefields of Europe , the blood of Poles was intermingled with that of ours ; and the white eagle had ncvar a more faith . M ally than the old drapeau of republican France . Was it us who , in the year 1830 , sold Poland to obtain the good graces of the Emperor of Russia ? Was it us who said , " Order reijms i » Warsaw ? " If , then , Prs > . nce has not defended her old ally , it is because she herself was no longer free , that she also had been sold to conciliate the European monarchies .

      Whatever flie Unicevs may say , we are grateful to the Chamber of Deputies for their annual declaration that Poland depends upon us , and the noble refugees of that immortal nation applaud with ustiiis remembrance , which causes more than one forehead to blush . It was not the people who flattered our artists , when they were about to prostitute their renown to the caprices of the hangman whose throne is at St . Petersburg . If we were in the place of our deputies , not only would we protest against the oppression of Poland , hut we would refuse aU credit to the government to entertain ambassadors and agents in Russia . It is a shame for France to be represented at that nation of slaves and executioners , and we sicken at hearing of a Bussian ambassador being at Paris .

      The Cnicers is right when it says , that formerly the accounts of so many cruelties would have excited the horror of all Christians , and that no sovereign would have dared to commit them . It was so , because the treason of Ute name and faith of Christ was not sitting on the , Uironeof SL Peter . It is because we are truly Catholic that we accuse the high clergy , and above all the Pope , of unworthy weakness towards the tyrant of the north . Now , how Is it , that in the sight ofthe horrible persecution which for so manyyears has decimated a Catholic population , more jealous of preserving its faith than its life ; how is it , that the Catholic clergy remain silent ! It is utt to obey temporal power , for , in these days the cross is raised against the sceptre for much less important causes . If our priests were still solicitous about the Catholic faith , public prayers would be said iu behalf of our brothers , the Catholic martyrs , in all our churches : no priest would

      ascend the pulpit without recalling them to our memory ; the voice of thc gathering friar would be heard soliciting alms , and he would exert himself in favour of his brethren by giving them the material means of rescuing themselves from the bonds of slavery and death . If the bishops had not bartered the humble habit of the apostles of Christ for vestments of gold and silk , would they not put themselvesatthe head of a new crusade—would they not make , by their mandatory letters , a declaration of holy war ? and the spiritual head of the church , is he then materialised to that point , that he should have totally forgotten the energies of his predecessors ? Is there not reiiiaiuing a single line of the acts of Gregory VII ! Is then all remembrance of tlie Popes , who caused the preaching of the crusade , lost for ever ? The Saracens , who ruled over the sacred earth , did notperpetrate more cruelties , nor more persecutions against the Christians , than Nicholas has , and , notwithstanding that , Nicholas is the ally of the Pope ,

      Can a more monstrous alliance be imagined ? What ! the Pope , the ally of the head of the Itussian schismatics ? What ! is the successor of St . Peter almost the bosom friend of the executioner of the Catholics ? Verily a strange spectacle } If the nations lose their faith in Home , it is because Borne has abandoned itself to the enemies of the faith ! The cause of this unworth y abandonment by the Catholic clergy and their head , is , that the head is himself also the tyrant of a portion of the Catholic family . All the tyrannies , all the oppresssions , are bound amongst thein la solido ; the decrepit old man , who reigns in the Vatican , wants the strong arm of the Petersburg !! despot

      for his own maintenance . More solicitous about his temporal power than of his Christian functions , lie turned king . - As king , as an unfit and bad king , he oppresses those whom he calls his subjects ; he compresses their insurrections against his tyranny only by his hangmen and gendarmes ; being accustomed to see human blood shed around him , hoiv can he feel when a tyrant is about to shed it afar off ? Therefore , good understandings between tlie Pope and the Czar are officially and regularly carried on , and it is not impossible , that the day may arrive , when the Roman Pontiff will be surrounded by Bussian soldiers for tlie espi ess purpose of annihilating , In Italy , everv Christian idea of liberty .

      Like ourselves , the Vnicers is devoted to France , and , like ourselves , does not hesitate to accuse our French rulers of treachery to Poland . Seeing that the Dhtrere , like ourselves , professes itself to he Catholic , why does it not unite with us to challenge those who rule over tlie Catholic community to do their duly ? Why noes it not join its voice with ours , to denounce the treachery of the Christian name occupying the Catholic pulpits ? We are well aware that it is but too easy to complain of our press , which has basely abandoned the cause of Poland ;—we ar ; but too weU aware , that people may even have courage enough to denounce the temporal power which sacrifices to its own convenience the vitality of a nation devoted to France ; hut it is , uuouestionably , a far more courageous act to manfully break off with the priestly oligarchy , which basely abandons its £ > itb to temporal domination .

      France , which , like ourselves , is revolutionary and Catholic , is animated by the same idea , and when she is freed from the obstacles which at present oppose her progress , like ourselves will cheerfully offer the hand of brotherhood both to Poland and to Italy . She possesses sufiicunt generous blood in her veins to be able to shed it as well at Rome as at Warsaw . Then we shall see that infamous crew of slaves and exc cutioners , who now carry into effect the atrocious orders of Nicholas , expelled into their native deserts ; then we shall also see the temporal power of the Popes broken to pieces ; and the successor of St . Peter , freed from the care of maiHtaining his tyranny , will then exclusively become the spiritual and devoted head of Christians , and will once more impress ^ the world with the idea of the ancient glory of the Tope , which was to be the servant of the servants of God . —L'Atlalier for October , 1 S 15- , - , , ( To be continued . )

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      Extensive Robbery of Railway Shares . — On Tuesday information was received by the police that between ten and eleven o ' clock on the nig ht of Saturdavlast , as Mr . Richard Avery , of No . o , Fentonpla ' ce , Walworth , was crossing the road from the Alfred Head to the Elephant and Castle , his coat pocket was picked of C 85 railway and other shares . The i obbery was supposed to have been committed by twowomenof mean appearance who walked behind Sir . Avery as he crossed . An English watchmaker , named Symington , has taken out a patent for a clock , the motive power of which is the dropping of water . It requires no winding up , and but little attention , and is said to be a very successful experiment . The Best Phtsiciaxs are Dr . Diet , Dr . Quiet , and Dr . Merryinan ,

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      APPALLING SHIPWRECK . GREAT LOSS OF LIFE , AND FRIGHTFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS—LOSS OE THE EMIGRANT SHIP MARY , OF LONDON —SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE OWNERS . The melancholy details of the appalling shipwreck of the Mary , an emigrant ship of London , while on the homeward voyage from Sydney , and the dreadful late of nearly all the female passengers , have been received b the arrival of thePenyard Park packet ship , on Sunday last , in the London Docks . The Mary , which was built at Ipswich in the year 1811 , has for some years been engaged in the conveyance of passengers and emi grants between London and Mew South Wales , and was the property of several persons . She was barque-rigged ; and measured 3 CS tons . On her departure from Sydney , iu addition to her crew , she had on board forty-three passengers . She was also freighted with a valuable

      cargo , comprising wool , tallow , oil , and other merchandise , with a case of bullion . The loss took place six days after leaving Sy dney , on a sunken rock off Flinder ' s Island , in Bass s Straits , between 300 and 400 miles from Sydney . So sudden was the catastrophe , which happened in the middle of the night , that seven minutes only elapsed from the period of her striking and breaking up , and lamentable to state that seventeen women and children met a watery grave . The chief-mate bad the watch at the time , and at about eleven o ' clock he called Captain Newby up , saying he thought land was near . The captain , however , was unable to perceive it , and shortly afterwards saw broken water on thc lee-beam . There was no wind to make the ship answer her helm , she refused stays , and drove broadside on the rocks .

      Ihe survivors will more fully explain the circumstances attending the wreck . Captain Collins , ofthe 13 th Light Dragoons , gives the following account - . —The Mary sailed from the heads of Port Jackson on Monday morning , the 19 th of May , and the wind being unfavourable for New Zealand , Captain Newby coasted to the south , and attempted the passage through Bass ' s Straits . After doubling Wilson Promontory , the wind veered to the west , and the captain fearing that at that advanced season of the year the wind would continue for a length of time to the westward , resigned all hope . of going home by the Cape of Good Hope , and , putting about ship , made for New Zealand . He expressed regret at the disappointment he had met with , as from the leaky state of the ship , which made six

      inches of water per hour , he wished to keep near the land as long as he possibly could , the rigging being also defective , and not having a second suit of sails on board . At about a quarter past eleven o ' clock , on Saturday night , thc 24 th , the alarm ofthe ship being in danger was given by Captain Newby to the cabin passengers , who were all in bed , and he desired them to dress and hasten upon deck . The cabin passengers were : —Mrs . Newby , her three daughters , and servant ; Mrs . Turnbuli ; Mrs . Collins , fourdaughters and one son at the breast , two maid servants , and myself . We had scarcely left our berths when the ship struck upon the reef , and the crushing noise of the timbers was distinctly heard above the roar of the breakers , and in less than three minutes the water rushed violently into thc cabin , as high as our

      knees , when shestruck a second time . The main mast then sunk through the bottom ofthe ship , its maintop and topmasts being supported by the main deck . The same shock that caused such devastation , forced the cabin door , which opened and shut in a slide , to to close nearly on us the ship at the time being so much on the starboard side , that it was doubtful whether she would not capsise . Fortunately I perceived the door closing in sufficient time to introduce my hand into the open space so as to push back the door , and with the utmost difficulty 1 succeeded in getting upon deck all the passengers . This was scarcely effected when the bottom of the ship separated from the sides , carrying away the lower cabin deck , which wehadjustleft , the tons of oil and cargo dashing against the reef , and the breakers washing over us with

      tearful violence . The only boats that were available , where the whale-boat on the larboard ouartor , and the long-boat on the main deck . Some of the passengers were put into these boats ; and I had just placed Mrs . Collins in thc long-boat when I heard Sarah calling for me to take the boy from her , as she was unable to hold him any longer . I , with greatdifficulty reached her , and put a rope into her hand , which I desired her to hold by until I had put the child into the boat , when I would return for her and my two girls—Augusta and Kate . I had scarcely left her when a breaker broke over the deck , carrying me , with great force , against a water-but . I effected my way to the long-boat , and while I was giving the child to its mother the maintopmast fell on board crushing the whale boat , which was lying upon the skids alongside

      of it , and immediately after the fore and mizenmasts , with all their sails set , also tell overboard on the starboard side ; on which the deck righted , but the rigging of these masts all lying across the deck , intercepted the communication fore and aft . I was searching for my two daughters , Augusta and Kate , and the maid Sarah , when I saw the captain , who informed me that he had just put them with his family a moment before in the whale boat on the larboard quarter , where they were all safe , iliat the deck was about breaking up , and if I valued my life I would follow him . He wished to have returned to the whale boat , but the deck beginning to separate , lie made immediately for the long boat , which we contrived to reach . At this critical moment , when all hope of preserving life had nearly abandoned

      us the deck suddenly parted between the main and foremasts , and the long boat suddenly pitched stern foremast into the sea , and notwithstanding the quantity of water and people in her she quickly righted . We found the water gaining on us , and then discovered that both the plugs were out , on which one of the men tore the sleeve off his shirt , and by its aid partly succeeded in stopping the water . With the aid of boots , shoes , and hats , we continued to keep the boat afloat , but having onl y one oar , we bad the greatest difficulty in avoiding the numerous casks and broken wreck which threatened us on every side . From the time the ship struck until the deck broke up , only seven minutes had elapsed . While we were surrounded by the floating pieces of the wreck , a

      huge wave dashed a cask of tallow over my head against the inside of the starboard side , near the stern , and carried away eighteen inches of the gunwale and upper streaks ; a tun of oil followed the course of the cask of tallow , striking off my hat in its passage , but the cask of tallow having already made a breach in the side ofthe boat , it met with no resistance , and passed into the sea , deluging the boat with oil . One of the sailors , named Todd , swam to the boat from the wreck with an oar , and we then got into smooth water . The sea outside the reef , as well as the wind , being nearly calm , we heard the voices of some sailors , which we supposed to be the men in the whale boat , and we steered in the direction the sound carae from .

      On nearing these men , they stated that the whale boat had foundered , and that Mrs . Newby was the only person saved . Her escape was effected b y her catching a rope alongside the broken deck in thc water , when one of the men hauled her on deck . The piece ofthe ship that was afloat was the quarterdeck , on which we found twelvemenand Mrs . Newby . We obtained six oars more , and two tubs ; tlie men also found a cask of brandy , and asked whether they should drop it into the boat , but the sailors , noble fellows , were unanimous in rejecting the brandy , from a sense of the evils it might cause . Nothing could surpass the undaunted self-possession which characterized the conduct of the eaptain and crew throughout this most fearful ni ght , and the men wc rescued from the wreck waited there in the most

      collected and steady manner until each was called by name , when he dropped quietly into the part of the boat assigned him . The ladies and children were sitting up to their waists in water and oil , and tlie boat was stove in three places . The large breach made by the tallow-cask the carpenter had tried partially to repair with his coat , and some tallow he found in the boat and tiie broken pieces which he picked up . Iu this wretched state , the water gaining on us whenever the least interruption took place in baling the boat , we continued for nine hours and a-balf , and at half-past eight o ' clock on Sunday morning we landed on the island , about eighteen miles distant from the reef struck by the ship . On reaching the shore , those who were piously disposed returned their grateful and unfeigned thanks to the

      Almighty for tlie miraculous interposition lie had been pleased to manifest in so signally preserving us from the numerous dangers that had threatened us , The day was mild and warm , and we commenced arrangements for our future conduct . We found a sniaH spring of water on the beach , and determined to build a small bower to shelter us . The onl y tool we possessed was the carpenter ' s axe the edge of which had been broken in endeavouring to cut away the masts , < fcc , of the ship . Some of the party went for shell fish along the beach , but only succeeded in picking up a few limpets , which were divided in equal proportions with a small piece of pumkin to each person . On reckoning the number landed , we found that forty-two persons had been saved , and seventeen drowned . _ On the afternoon of Sunday Captain Newby , with five of the crew , left us in search of the settlement , as we knew government had a station on Flinder ' s Island , but we were uncertain that the

      island we were on was the same . The only food the party took with them was one slice of pumpkin each . All Monday passed over , the ladies and children began to sink , despair was expressed bv many , and iervent were our prayers to God for aid . Never did the words of the Lord ' s Prayer appear to me so impressive as they then did— " Give us this day our daily bread . " Bereaved of two of mv children , and those saved hourly sinking before me , " calling repeatedly tor bread and nourishment which I was unable to give them ; my wife , endeavouring to nurse her infant boy , herself famished ; and , tortured with excessive thirst , almost naked , and exposed to incessant rain , which fell all Tuesday , and continued during the night . On the morning of Tuesday , the third day , my eldest surviving daughter , near seven years old , showed great symptoms of * debility , and death seemed stamped in her countenance . I had succeeded in collecting gome limpets , and

      Appalling Shipwreck. Great Loss Of Life,...

      was entering the bower , when I heard a cheer , an m . few minutes a strange man and boy , wiJi a haversack , made their appearance . The man said he brought supplies of food and clothing , and that Ur . Milh gan would send more in the course of the day . I wo of the men who had accompanied the captain now made their appearance ; an abundant supply ot bread and course mutton was spread out uetore our famished eyes . The distance from the settlement was twenty-five miles , and the road impracticable to delicate females and children . The wind was unfortunately adverse , aud we determined to await the return ofthe captain , whoarrlved in the middle of the night . The next morning , the wind being still against us , the captain sent off the crew and passengers capable of travelling by land to the settlement . The rain continued to descend in

      torrents , and the wind remaining unfavourable and strong , the communication with the settlement , both by land and water , became impossible for two daysonly the females and children receiving an allowance of food . On Saturday the weather became more moderate ; the rain ceased , and we received a fresh supply of provisions . On the following morning , the wind being favourable , we , on the eighth day from our landing , got into a long boat and proceeded by water- towards the settlement , and reached it about half-past ten o ' clock that night . Captain Collins concludes by stating that it is evident from the manner in which the bottom separated from the sides that the Mary would have foundered in tho first gale of wind , at all events she

      could not be reasonably expected to double Cape Horn . Ihe very circumstance of the main-mask sinking and striking through the bottom proved the reasonableness of the assertion . A sound ship might have forced a head and got into clear water . I am satisfied , that from the facts elicited , an inquiry is inevitable , and trust that some measures may be taken , at least in the port of Sydney , to prevent the lives and property of Brit ish subjects being jeopardized in rotten or broken-backed ships . In confirmation of Captain Collier ' s statement , the carpenter , John Stansbury , observes that before the Mary started , he found she made fourteen inches of water m twelve hours ; but on her getting to sea he did not think that she would make more . When

      she got to sea , however , he found that it increased , and remembered some ofthe steerage passengers expressing alarm at the pumps being so very often at work . There was no log line , log glasses , deep sea lead , or bell to strike the hours on board , like other ships . When she struck she immediately parted amidships , the mainmast went down through her bottom , and the fore and mizen masts followed . The owners of the Mary in the most positive terms refuted the declarations ofthe ship ' s unseaworthiness , and in proof produced the certificate of her soundness as given by Mr . Ashmore , surveyor for Lloyd ' s . By that document it appears that she had undergone necessary repairs a month or two previous to her departure , and that she was fit to receive and carry a generaf cargo with safety . The first and second mate also certified that the ship was stout and strong , and perfectly capable of making the voyage to England ,

      had she been kept clear of the rocks . They also declare that she was furnished with a new and second suit of sails , and everything necessary to secure her safety . As has been mentioned in Captain Collins ' s narrative , the survivors endured the greatest suffering ere they were rescued . After being on Flinder ' s island for eight days they obtained conveyance to Launceston , where the news of the wreck had created the deepest sensation . The passengers , emigrants , and crew having lost all they possessed , several gentlemen formed themselves into a committee , and in a few days succeeded in raising a sum of money for their temporary aid . Most of them are completely ruined by the calamity . Those who perished were Mrs . Heather and two daughters , Mrs . Grey , Mrs . Thurnbull , Sarah Folkea , the whole family of Mrs . Evans—six in number ; the three daughters of the commander , Captain Newby , and the Misses Augusta and Katharine , daughters of Captain Collins . The ship and cargo were a total loss ; valued between £ 20 , 000 and £ 30 , 000 .

      The Attack On The Pirates Of Borneo. The...

      THE ATTACK ON THE PIRATES OF BORNEO . The following is an extract from a private letter received from one ot the officers engaged in the late affrays with the pirates Ac , at Borneo , and contains a more graphic account of the affair than has yet been published : — "Thefleet , under the command of Sir Thomas Cochrane , comprising the Agincourt , ? 2 , Vestal , 2 C , Drodalus , 20 , Wolverine , 10 , the Vixen steam-sloop , and the Hon . Company ' s steamers the Nemesis and Pluto , started for Borneo , from Singapore , in July last , touching at Serawak , and thence sailed for Borneo , where the Sultan , who nominally possesses the country , lives . This -place being situate up a river , the ships could not get up on account of their great draught of water , consequently the only vessels that could go un were the three steamers Vixen .

      Nemesis , and Pluto , with the Admiral and all the captains , and about 200 marines on board . The marines were sent as a guard of honour , but , in the end , proved rather valuable coadjutors . They were received very civilly by the Sultan , who appeared delighted to sec them ; not so , however , a brother of his , and who is a sort of pretender to the throne , lie sent a message to the Sultan , " that if he ( the Sultan ) did not send the foreigners away he should most certainly come down , take the vessels , and cut all their ( the English ) throats . " This threat much alarmed the Sultan , who , immediately went to the Admiral ( SirT . Cochrane ) to request he would depart if he had any regard for his life . The Admiral , however , not being a man to be frightened at trifles , laughed at him , much to the perfect astonishment of

      the Sultan , who concluded instanter that the English were all mad . The Admiral then sent a message to the Sultan ' s brother , to say that his object in coming there was peace and not war , but that he was quite as well prepared for one as the other , and advised him , at the same time , to keep a civil tongue in his liead This he would not listen to ; but the next morning he came down , with a number of men , to the two forts , near the position ofthe three steamers , and opened fire upon them , which we ( the English ) lost no time in returning , and , in almost as short a time as I am telling you , the forts were demolished by shells , the marines landed , and . tlie man that would fight , with the miserable rabble that composed his army , ran off to the hills as fast as his legs would carry them . The suns ( brass , and verv

      valuable ) were all taken and given to the Sultan , together with everything of value that could be found , and then his ( the Sultan ' s ) rival ' s place was set on fire and burnt to the ground . The Sultan appeared much pleased at this , and concluded upon the spot a treaty of alliance , & c ., with the English , Our loss was only one man killed and two or three wounded ; that ofthe enemy is supposed to have been very great . Two prisoners , or rather men who had been prisoners to a set of pirates , and had made their escape , were found here , and , from their information , the Admiral decided upon proceeding with tlie squadron to the place pointed out by them , at the north end of the island ( Borneo ) , to exterminate tlie pirates , and teach them a lesson as to English punishment for piracy . We arrived there on the 11 th of

      August last . It was an immense bay at the head of " which was a large river divided at its mouth into several branches , up one of which the pirate colony was situate . To all appearance no one would suppose that any human being was ever created there , for as far as the eye could reach there was one mass of impenetrable jungle ; nevertheless , in its recesses were concealed a horde of the most sanguinary ruffians , whose greatest pride and glory is the murder of an European . This place , then it was resolved to destroy , and , 4 o efiect a consum- ' matiori so'devoutly to lis wished for , an expedition consisting of three steamers and about 100 men was dispatched under the command of Captain Talbut of the Vestal . On reaching the mouth of the branch ' of the river it was found to be too shallow to allow the

      passage of the steamers , so , as a dernier resort we were obliged-to take to the boats , with about 350 seamen and 200 marines , and see what we could do with them . Tins was on the 18 th of August last , about three p . m ., and , as darkness soon set in , it was deemed advisable to anchor and wait for davli » ht knowing the treacherous disposition of the Malays ! or pirates , and the disadvantage we should be under did we attack them at night , from their superior knowledge ol the country . In the morning we all roused up , and , about seven a . m . on the 19 th of August fast , started up one of the most beautiful rivers I ever saw . There were a great number of monkeys , birds , and alligators , but no Malays . After proceeding about ten miles up , two boats pulled a-head to reconnoitre , and . after oulline for about

      ttiyee miles , on rounding an abrupt point we came in tun sight ol * the pirates' position , which consisted of two batteries of eight very heavy guns on each side ot tho river , in addition to several large brass wall pieces , and other weapons calculated to do a . great deal of mischief . On coming in sight a tremendous row immediatel y ensued , calling the garrison to arms , and in two minutes the batteries were swarming with men , armed « ia sauvage , with shield and epear . About 200 yards below the batteries was an immense boom across the river for the purpose of preventing vessels from approaching the town . Having observed all that was necessary , we pulled back to the other boats , and having made

      arrangements for proceeding , the plan was this : —The smaller boats were to advance and cut away the boom , and the large boats ( of which there were ten ) , with carronades on board , were to cover them by their fire during the operation . This being arranged , off we started . Directly we were seen again a flag of truce was sent out to us , " and after a great deal of palaver to no purpose , returned to the batteries . In about five minutes it was again sent , but with no better success ; and it had scarcely got back when the enemy opened ire from the three gun batteries , and the action then became general on both sides . The boom was the great obstacle , occupying fifty-five minutes in cutting it away - the whole of which time we were under a most galhng fire , which killed ten and wounded

      The Attack On The Pirates Of Borneo. The...

      ( some of them severely ) fifteen . But amply were they revenged . No quarter was given or asked . Every Malay seen was hunted down and shot . We then landed , and" in a short time destroyed all the stores , burnt every house down in the place , spiked and destroyed all the guns , and made in the brief space of time—viz ., of two hours—what was a flourishing town in the morning a perfect desert . The loss of the enemy was very great . "

      Suicide By Poison. On Monday, Mr, Wakley...

      SUICIDE BY POISON . On Monday , Mr , Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Victoria , Chalton-street , Somer s-town , upon the body of Miss Mary Anne Hunter , aged 19 , the daughter of Mr . Hunter , printer and publisher , in the said street . Mrs . Mary Hunter examined : I am the mother of deceased . Last Sunday morning week my daughter was seized with a violent retching , which continued so long that I suspected that she had taken some deleterious stuff . I examined her clothes , and in the pocket of her gown detected a packet of yellow arsenic , when 1 said to her , " Mary Anne , have you taken poison ? " she replied , " Yes , mother , I am tired of life , and took poison . " I ( witness ) went to Dr , Pelany ' s , who at first denied but afterwards acknowledged that he had sold her a pennyworth of arsenic , and gave me a white powder which I was to

      dilute in half-a-pint of water , and administer to her every ten minutes . I did so , but she got worse . Dr . Delany being present , the coroner asked him what could have induced him to sell arsenic , one of the deadliest poisons , to the young girl?—Dr . Delany : I knew the girl , who told me that she required it to kill rats . Coroner : Well , and when you understood that she took the poison , how can you account for your conduct in not having tlie stomach pump applied ?—Dr . Delany : I sent proper medicines to counteract the effects ofthe poison . Coroner : tou might as well have spat upon the poor creature . The carbenate of magnesia only diluted the poison . It did not remain upon tho stomach , and therefore could not have acted effectively upon the stomach or poison . Dr . Delany : I deemed it a trivial case . Coroner : What 1 To take arsenic a trivial case .

      Dr . Delany ; Yes , sir ; her mother told me that she had thrown the arsenic into the fire , and therefore I deemed it trivial . Mrs . Hunter : How could I have told you so when 1 showed you the remains of the arsenic in paper ? Mrs . Hunter ' s examination resumed : At night I sent for Mr . Roper , surgeon , of Ossulston-street , who attended her until her death , which took place last Saturday morning . She had been illfov three years , and for the last three months insane . She complained of her head , and could not sleep at night . Her memory so failed her that she could not keep her father ' s accounts , and she appeared melancholy and miserable . Oh ! sir , she was a good child : if my finger ached , her heart ached . Coroner : Nothing can be conceived more horrible than to sell so deadly a poison as yellow arsenic to a person so diseased in mind . To sell poison to a rational person is bad enough , but to sell it to an insane

      person is unpardonable . It is putting in such a person ' s hands , thc instrument of death , which she may turn against herself or others . The family had a most fortunate escape . Several jurors : Indeed they have had . It is fortunate she did not poison them . Mr . Gilio Lymond Roper , surgeon , deposed that he was summoned to attend deceased on Sunday night week , She was then very sick , suffering intense pain , and retching . She told him that she had bought the poison on Friday and took it . Too much time had elapsed since she took the poison for the stomach-pump to be serviceable . He applied every possible remedy , but she continued to get so bad , that he called in Dr . Marshall Hall . Her case was hopelegs , and she sunk gradually until Saturday , when she died . She was sensible , and suffered intensely to the last moment . Upon Vi pott mortem examination , he found visible traces ofthe action of arsenic upon the stomach , which caused her death .

      Coroner ( to Dr . Delany ) : I sincerely trust this will be a caution to you in future . Dr . Delany : Indeed itwill ; I will never again get in such a predicament . The jury having severely censured the practice of medical men and druggists selling poisons indiscriminately or without caution , returned a verdict of —Temporary Insanity .

      Singular Charge Of Polygamy. At Liverpoo...

      SINGULAR CHARGE OF POLYGAMY . At Liverpool Police Court , on Saturday , a young woman of handsome cast of countenance and flippant tongue , who gave her name Margaret Daly , was brought before Mr . Rushton on a charge of having married four husbands , all of whom are said to be living . The first and second husbands appeared in court , and eyed each other closel y from the seats in front of the witness box . The third and fourth husbands were nowhere . The novelt y of the case excited great interest , and occasionally , considerable

      merriment . The prisoner did not seem in the slightest degree abashed . Thomas'Conlan , an elderly Irishman , was the first witness ., ,. He deposed that he was the prisoner ' s father / and that he was at present living in Salthouse-lane . '' I was present , '' said he , '' at the marriage ofthe prisoner , Kitty , to a man of the name of Murray ; but Murray , yer honour , was married at tlie time to another woman , and none of our family , the family of the Conlans , were aware of it . Kitty and he were married in Dublin , in the month ofSeotember , 183 S . "

      Mr . Rusliton : Do you recollect where the ceremony took place . Witness : Well , it was in a church , yer honour , but I ' m hanged if I recollect the name of it Llaughter ] . Prisoner : It was in St . Michael ' s Church , father the parish church . Witness : you are quite right , Kitty , so it was . Murray and herself lived together for a short time in Liverpool after the marriage ; and then he sent for the wife he married eleven years ago , and then , begar , he had the two wives with him in the house [ loud laughter ] . Him and them went away , and when they came back to Liverpool again he banished Kitty from him . He banished her last Easter Sunday , of all days in the year ; and then begar , he took another old woman to live with him [ continued laughter ] . Mr . Rushton : What ! another ?

      Prisoner : Another ; and the old woman has since poisoned herself . Witness - . Yes , she poisoned herself a fortnight ago . Mr . Rushton : If Murray was married to another woman at the time he married the prisoner , he stands in an awkward position . But is it not said that the prisoner married a third and fourth husband ? Officer Bates : It is ; but I have witnesses only to the first and second marriages in court . She first married Murray , then Daly , then a man of the name of Eram , and fourthl y somebody else .

      Murray , the first husband , here stepped forward and denied that he was ever married to any other woman except the prisoner . An elderly female had indeed kept house for him twelve or fourteen years during the time that he was a bachelor , and , after he married the prisoner , he sent for the female in question to come to him again . In consequence ol the prisoner and her father having both robbed him b Prisoner : Oh , Murray , Murray ! you ought to be ashamed of yourself to say such a thing , Murray ( in continuation ) : In consequence of this he was obliged to leave them , and after an absence from Liverpool for three years , he was compelled to allow the prisoner so much a week to live upon . l'llG talk about the second marriage was all hearsay . He was certainly obliged to keep a woman to conduct his business , but he was never married to I her .

      _ Daly , the second husband , here said , that at the time he married the prisoner she showed him a letter from Hull , stating that Murray , her first betrothed , was dead ; and she went in black for him . Alice Riley , proved that she was present at the marriage of the prisoner and Daly , it took place two years ago last October , at the Registrar ' s office , in Islington . Daly : After she left me , she went to live with another man , of the name of Lawton [ loud laughter ] . Prisoner ; I never lived with any man but yourself and Murray , and a pretty pair of fellows I had in

      you , God knows [ great laughter ] . As for you , Daly , I never wished to marry you . I never liked youfrohi the first , but you were after me morning , noon , and night , until I consented at last ; but you knew as well as I did , at the time , ' that I was married to Murray , for I told you so , and you bad months to consider whether you would have me or not . You have been three times before Mr . Rusliton for drunkenness , and once for beating the servant . Murray has had three women living with him , and one of them had him up here for having a child . Oh , it ' s apretty pair of fellows I got amongst , God knows [ loud laughter ] .

      Mr . Rushton : The girl has been made a victim among you . That she has been married twice is beyond ii doubt , but you , Daly , were perfectly well acquainted with the state ofthe case when she married you . Daly : Will you keep her from me ? I know not what I shall do in the town if she is let loose . Mr . Rushton : It is one of the consequences of your vices . You had better take care Murray , what you are about . Murray : I know well what I am about sir ; she is my only wife . The prisoner was then discharged .

      The Booty Taken In Scir.De By The Troops...

      The booty taken in Scir . de by the troops under the command of Major-General Sir Charles Napier , in 1 S 43 , amounting to half a million sterling , is to be divided amongst the captors . The ; stamp duty paid into the Bank of England on account ol the bullion and treasure amounted to upwards of £ 21 , 0 Q 0 .

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      " Wn Wtisoa¦ « —We Have Written Upon Pap...

      " Wn wTiSoa ¦ « —We have written upon paper malutactured from iron , and seen a book with both leaves and binding of the same material . - -Mmmg Journal . AS Example ron tub White Slaves of Engiand -At Denierara , Berbice , and hsseqinbo , »»/ " ««» are forming " Joint Stock Campanies , and becoming the proprietors of the very soil they once cultivated as slaves . Castor Oit . —It is important to all in . j ^ H know that castor oil may bo most easily ©§ Ba mingled with orangejuice—alittlesugar being atmep to the juice , if the orange be not ripe and sweet The difference between this and any other mode ot taking this valuable medicine is surprising . The Gosi'Ort Fortifications . —Workmen a ^ employed upon the Gosport fortifications , putting them in a state for efficient defenca .

      Tub Birth Place op Sib Walter Scott , in College Wynd , Edinburgh , is now a public house . Electro-magnetism . —A Mr . Richard Whig has invented a mode of app l y ing electro-magnetism to the talcing of soundings , by which it is asserted that the great difficulty ot ascertaining depths by sounding lead in deep water , and in strong currents , will be obviated . No Admission for Jesus Christ !—Chas . Goddard , D . D ., Sub-dean of Lincoln Cathedral , has directed the officers not to admit to the stalls or pews any person who has not" the character of a gentleman . " More Honoured in tub Observance tuan in the Breach!—In the days of William III , the House of Commons was accustomed to sit at nine o ' clock in the morning .

      Encroachments of the Sea . —The sea on the coast of Kent ia making continual encroachments on tho beach . To the farm house called Hampton hill , which lately disappeared , is to be added tho destruction and disappearance of the field containing the old footway , in the district of Studhill , atSwalecliffe . The largest newspaper ever seen was the London Gazette of Tuesday Nov . 18 th , which consisted of not less than seventy-three sheets of paper , each sheet bearing the usual penny stamp 1 Worthy of Imitation . — £ 700 and upwards have

      been subscribed at Cheltenham for the purpose ot affording refuge for destitute females . The Cheltenham Journal says the carrying out of this benevolent scheme is thus a matter of certainty . The Militia . —It is said that thc Government has ordered clothing for 40 , 000 militiamen ; and in the metropolis , in circles likely to be well informed , it is admitted that tho militia papers have been in readiness some time , and that the embodiment of a strongcorps of militiamen only awaits the sanction of the ( Auecn and Parliament . —Bath Journal .

      Birmingham Metal Market . —The Birmingham metal market has been tolerably brisk during the last week or two . Block tin has advanced in price fully £ 10 per ton within the current month , and , from the continued scarcity , a further rise may be expected . Copper remains firm with a fair demand . - Tin plates are very dull , and are quoted at 33 s . to 30 s . per box for I . C . Death from the Bite of a SrinER . —An American paper records a circumstance of a woman dying , after fourteen days' illness , from the bite of a spider on the lip .

      Tub Potatoe Crop . —More than one cargo oi potatoes , imported into the Tyne , have been sent out to sea again , within these few days , to be thrown overboard as rubbish , and some hundred of tons in warehouse have been , and are , in the course of being utterly spoiled by the rot . The Lord Cuascellob . —On Sunday accounts were received from Turville Park , Bucks , giving the statement that Lord Lyndhurst was rapidly advancing to convalescence . Miss Burdett Coutts , who has been on a visiting tour in Scotland , before leaving Edinburgh , transmitted to the Lord Provost £ 100 for the benefit of the poor . The Duke of Sutherland has , at length , agreed to accommodate tho Free Church with sites for the building of churches , on his estates in Sutherland .

      Incendiarism in England . —Incendiarism is again manifesting itself in Berkshire , A serious fire occurred last week at Wantage . Gretna Green . — All young men and . maidens who wish to fotlow the example of Captain Ibbetson and Lady Adela Yilliers , must decide speedily , for , by a recent act , all marriages similar to that recently performed at Gretna Green , will cease to be legal after the first of January next . Beauties of the English System . —A few days ago a vessel arrived at Yarmouth with seventy tons of nutmegs , which , being the produce of Dutch colonies , are inadmissiblefor home consumption . Thev will therefore be sent to the Cape of Good Hope , and then re-shipped for this country as British colonial produce !

      Irish Amusement , —A fiction fight between the-. Caseys and Carraghroes took place a few days ago , at Cloondora , when three men were left for dead . Commissioner of Bankrupts . —The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr , Burge ( the Queen ' s Counsel , and formerly Attorney-General of Jamaica ) , to the Commissionership of Bankruptcy , vacant by the death of Mr . Boteler . The Lieutesaki Phillfotts , who was killed in New Zealand , was the Bishop of Exeter ' s son . Deftfobd Dockyard . — Sixty hired shipwri ghts and twenty sawyers hare been entered at Deptford Dockyard , to complete the ships there .

      Tiie Calamitous Occurrence On Tiie Royal...

      TIIE CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE ON TIIE ROYAL CANAL , IRELAND . Tne proceedings at the inquest on the fifteen persons drowned , in the passage boat in the . Royal Canal , was resumed on Thursday , November 27 . An immense number of persons were present . It was painful in the last degree to witness the visiters examining the bodies—as many persons had come from town and country with the view of identifying their friends or acquaintances , and in two or three instances bodies were recognised , and then arose a shout of grief and lamentation which the sternest heart could not resist . There still remain six persons whose bodies have not been recognised ; one of them is a beautiful young girl , christian name suppposed to be Mary .

      She came from Liverpool in company with a person named Morns , and she told him she was going to a place called Ruesky . A-Mrs . Beatty , who was going to Leitnm , had a most miraculous escape , and gives a fearful account of the accident ; Mrs . Mulligan ( lost ) ; lived somewhere about Longford , and was returning from Boston , in America , where she had gone to bring home her daughter , a pretty young girl ,--who was saved by the courage and humanitv of Jessop , a private belonging to the 8 th Hussars , a fine fellow ,, of undaunted courage , who saved two or three lives with his own hands , and for which the company has rewarded him in a Jwndspme manner , Coffins were provided for all the bodies , and- some of those recognised Avcre taken away by their friends in the course of the day , when the jury " was called over .

      Mr . Perry said , on behalf of the company , that they had resolved on sending the survivors home free of all expense ; the company would make good any loss or damage sustained by the passengers , send them home free and give to each of them £ 1 in addition to their expense and loss . To Jessop they would give £ 5 , and make good his loss , and also recommend : him strongly to his colonel . In fiict , nothing should be left undone by the company to make every preparation they could , and as to tho property which was now in possession of the police and the superintendence of the magistrates the company would give a guarantee to the magistrates for it , in order to bear them harmless if any mistake mi ght occur in the distribution ofthe property or claims to it hereafter b y the representatives of tho deceased parties . Tho examination of witnesses was then proceeded , with . After about half-an-hour ' s consultation , the jury returned the following verdict : —

      " We find that thesaid Edward Rutled ge , Thomas Bannon , Michael Moran , and Catharine Mulligan , with four men whose r . aines are unknown , and five women whose names are unknown , and two children whose names are unknown , cams by then- deaths by being suffocated and drowned in thc passage-boat Longford , in the Royal Canal , near Clonsilla-bridge aforesaid , on Tuesday , 25 th November , 1845 , and that it . was in some measure occasioned by the neglect of the master , Christopher O'Connor , the steersman , James Dunne , and the very culpable lect of Patrick

      neg Teeling , a free passenger ; and we fumer find , that the upsetting of thesaid boat was . occasioned by the most gross negligence of the said Patrick Teeling after thehelm wasgiven in his charge by the said James Dunne : and we further find the said Patrick Teeling guilty of manslaughter . -We also further imd a great want of caution in the existing regulations concerning the construction " -of the passage boats , the regulation of the number of passengers to be carried , and the duties of the crew : SooTterlin " * Dd ° n the Said boat oi '

      The coroner then made out his warrant , and com mitted leelmg lor trial at the commission for man slaughter .

      Holloway S Ointment: And Pills.—Mr. Samu...

      Holloway s Ointment : and Pills . —Mr . Samuel Coudy , a carpenter and builder / residing at No . 24 , Eoughton-street , Clare-market , was on the 21 st of October last , admitted a patient , with three dreadful ulcers on the back part of his neck , at Kind ' s College Hospital , and continued so up to the 24 th of March last , when he was discharged incurable He has , however , been radically cured short space of tirric . by the above invalu ernes . This is another proof that any however dangerous , may with certainty theirnieans , when every oUiemeanshavfrJul j

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121845/page/7/