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      December Sy, 1845. The Northern Stab. 7

      December SY , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAB . 7

      Jftnigit Jffobements

      Jftnigit Jffobements

      « A Nd I Will Wf, At Least 5jv Was, (And...

      « A nd I will wf , at least 5 jv was , ( And—should my chaue- * o happen—deeds , ) * V'ihafl who war with Thought !"

      PRUSSIA UNMASKED . The following Is the remainder of the article extracted from "Douglas Jerrold ' s Magazine , " the first portion of which appeared in the Star of Saturday last : — TL « ninth letter displays the weakness of Prussia from within . This is chiefly apparent in the various nationalities and religions . The author concludes that tha capital city and Old Prussia are the only portions of the whole kingdom that feel any attachment to the hing 01-the government . The tenth letter is about the most extraordinary composition by way of a letter that was ever penned , inasmuch as it embodies a prose Comedy , under the title of " a ¥ airy Tale ; au Interlude . " We subjoin the dramatis persona ! as in the original ( with a translation ) , lest the Eng lish reader should be tempted to imagine that same literary joke was in the wind , not authorised by the original .

      DKAMATIS T / EEHSOKJB . Dcr Kaiser van China—The Emperor of China . Germania , ncr < B ' itiwete Kaiscrin vonJJeateMand—Gennania Dowager Empress of Germany . Gloria ihre Todder , aus terschiedenen Ehebimden—Gloria , her daughter , the fruit of several marriages . VTietlei * , Med . Dr ., kaisertkb & inesisdter Letimcdicus---' Dr . Wiistlein , Imperial Chinese Physician . Her PAisdainister —The Minister of Police . LMrKrkgsmui ' uter—The Vuiister at War . JKn-E * £ Ao ' mrtci»—A Sq « fu-rel . Sktaeigsg , Staatsreclttskhrer— Sklavigny , State-lawyer . Stutex & al , Staatetltcotog—Stuteathal , State-theologia * . Jiuas , cTtaoftjmbticist—Janm , State-politician . GebrSder AUlcutsA , Staatspatrioten—the two brothers

      Old-German , State-patriots . Bosvcen luta , Staatsplt 3 osopk —Bonaventura , State-philosopher . Piaatastts , Hofratk and StaaUdramatttrg— Phantasus , Anlic-counstllor and State-critic of the Drama . Hariri , Staatsreitakxiim—Hariri , State-rhyming-dictionary . Xlettewlanoe , Profes sor und Stools-turner—Ch ^ bing-pole , Professor uf State-gymnastics . CheeaHer George—Id . JDo ' a Fernando—Id . Don Emanuel—Id . Eia unpoUUsder Professor—An nnooUtiiai Professor . JEiucosviopotitUciurXactttKSxiter—A Cosmopolitan Watchman .

      -Eui Autr f— -A Child . Zvsei GeisterttiMii . eu —Two Ghost-voices . Eiae Gespcnsterttimmc—A Hobgoblin-voice . Eine Depeselie—A Despatch . Eckensteler Nante—Naate , a Corner-stander . Chorder H ' filage and Mandarinen—Chorus of Courtiers and Mandarins . "Place of Actios . —The Imperial Chinese Court at Peldn . *• Time . —Cannot rightly he aseertainwl , as Chmess chronology is known to be a verj jonrased thing . " To this extraordinary and double-meaning Dramatis Persona the author does not give his readers any key : fortnately , however , we happen to know pretty certainly nearly every party intended to be thus put in action , and Shall accordingly proceed at ofica to attach the right names to the various characters .

      SBS- TO 3 SS DRAMATIS PEKSON . E . 22 * Emperor of China—Frederick William IV ., King of Prussia . Gennania , Dowser Empress of Germany—Ihe German Nation . Gloria , her daughter ; the fruit of seceral marriages—National Fame . Dr . W 3 stlea \ , Imperial CHnese Physician—This must % e the celebrated Dr . Scnonlcdn , who is a » orl of court wit , besides being the King ' s Physician . J . Squirrel—This is the Minister of Public Instruction . His real name is Squirrel ( Eichhoni ) . SHmujuji , StafcJatDjiir—ItiB evidently meantfor the great lawyer , Savigny . StutenOal , State-theologian—Thisirjst be Hengstenherg , a mystic theologian and hypocrite .

      JoniM , State-poUSeiau —Thisisilons . Huher , author of a work on the English Universities , the system of which he strongly recommends to be substituted for the free University of Germany . He edits a periodical called " Jaao-V' with a motto , to the effect that it is his serious object to point out the right pathta the Paradise of Despotism 1 The two Orotners QLUGcrman , State-patriot *—The wellknown brothers urimm , who left Gotungen in a Quarrel with the late King of Hanover , refusing to submit to his despotism . They are famous for researches in the early German literature and language . Bonatentura , State-philosopher—Sclielliug , of course . ¦ Ffcuitaeits , Aut iG-eovmseltor and Slatc-eraie of the Drama—Ludwig Tieck . One of his novels is entitled " Phantasus . " The Cheealier George-r-George Hervf egh , a Swiss poet and

      liberal—exiled . Don Fernando—Perdinand Freiligrath , the celebrated lyric poet and liberal—exiled . DonEmanvd—Emanuel Gcihtl , a theological state-poet and hypocrite . A Child—Bettina Brentano , the well-known correspondent of Goethe . The rest—and it will be ohserred that they are not very material—wa do not feel sure about ; in some cases each may be several , as they "fit ?* several . The plot of this political comedy is slight enough . Gennania introduces her daughter Gloria to the imperial court of Pekin ( Berlin ) , with a view to a matrimonial affiance with his Celestial Majesty . The young lady desires to be made acquainted with all the principal

      officers and others who may become her subjects . Philosophers , statesmen , poets , lawyers , theologians , and others are accordingly presented to h = r . ( This gives the author opportunity of levelling some of his hardest blows At certain head ? . ) After a long conversation tilth the state-p' ilosopher , Bonaventura , Gloria observes , that all she has really understood is the fact that the speaker , whom she had at first mistook for a philosopher , is a poor old woman . ' His Majesty expressing himself displeased with Don Fernando , the lyric poet , the Minister of Public Instruction , Squirrel , displays the greatest anxiety to bring him a better poet , and accordingly presents to him "John Stinkwitsi" ( This , of course , must lie a hit at Johannes IQnckwita , who is rather a translator than a poet , and chiefly of Greek dramas into German . )

      By these means—the least artist-like , it must be allowed —the author contrives to bring in his heterogeneous heap of dramxtis pcrsQim . The caststrophe of the whole comedy , however , is simply brought about by the discovery , made by Gloria , of the hypocrisy , meanness , weakness , scheming , cruelty , and falsehood , which lurks in every corner of his Celestial Majesty ' s court ; and shs accorduiglv rejects his hand , aud leaves him for ever . This , as a * political catastrophe , is strong and effective enough . The comedy is , of course , not to be judged by the laws of ihe acting drama . Nevertheless , there are a ftic instances where a little more skill in construction might have bean used with advantage . Should it he acted

      asked by the Eng lith dramatist , or lorer of the orama , as a mera matter of curiosity , fans the author contrives to " work" certain of his dramatis ptrsomw , such as the two ghost-voices , the Cosmopolitan Watchman the Despatch , Ac , he may be assured that it is accomplished in the verv freest and easiest manner , and as a German would always do in similar cases of difficulty ; for h . never brings them upon the scene s >* all . He did not know what to do with them , and thereiore very-properly did not allow them to appear . Still , he permitted them to remain among his dcamttis peasants , because they bad produced in that posiuona certain effect upon the imagination of his readers . Was woTUen sic hxben ! and

      The question now is , how far is all this exposure denunciation founded on facts ! From all he could sec , and hear , and learn , and read , and witness in anyway , the "E nglishman in Prussia" declares his orm conviction to b £ that it is all founded onfacts- < md facte of common occurrence . The general statement and summary of the case is this : — Everything in Prussia is done to please Kussia , which thus ruins Prussia ; and Prussia , in its turn , destroys all the smaller Cerman States , such as Wurtemberg , Bavaria , Hanover , tha Duchy of Sassau , Oldenburg , Saxeweimar , Ac . Bad as Austria is , she is tetter than Prussia . There is in Austria , if not more system in evil doing , at least an open system . There , despotism is a recognised tiling : there , you know what thevare about . Hen are aware iu Austria of what hangs

      over their heads upon all occasions of freedom , whether in act word , or with the pen . In Prussia , nobody can besnre of anything—except a spy , and afalsehood . The Presidents of provinces tell falsehoods—so do the ministers ; a false face is pu t upon tilings , aud one authority lies to the other . The spy-system is regularly organised in Prussia . Even the professors of the universities are watehed and controlled by secret orders , of which they are themselves ignorant . Secret books are kept of the conduct and op inions of every body of any consequencehureaucratS , soldiers , p rofessors , leading menintowns , & c . z and one bureaucrat spies o ver another ; so that sometimes their accounts cross , and by an accidental con & ig . ncv . two " authorities" suddenly discover what a « h r ™ rL „ r the otherl The climax of all these

      secrets Is the code of secret laws between the three despots of the Continent , for tha maintenance of slavery "S ^ SS & B throughout ft ^ Mj fc-j-1 part , dL , tisfied , and will , soont . 'or later > ^ J ™' ^* distant period , display to * ^ S ^ TSn ^ S whole of Hheuisa Prussia . The f ™ ™""' ,. - , probably begin in Coh-gne and AW ^ fjgjjJJJ : taneously . The tomans are dreamers , ™ d ub ™» ' and let a \ l xvise , practical men , who so much benefit * S maujef their creams , respec t their visions and . mN * abi ' actions ; but the Germans can awake . * " ^ * T have the long-promised constitution an ^ P ^ " *?" * sentatioP- and if-Frederick William the rmrih atwit shortly auke up his mind to g ive it to the P ?^ ** e people wUl a « ur « ilj : aJte the ousintt * out of W anghands . - Karl Heinzen took refuge at first iu Belg ium , a «• ° " i Kription has been made i Co ' egne for his vnte sna

      £ »» % . Ferdinand Freiligrath , the patriotic poe ^ was recently in possession of a pension from the King .

      « A Nd I Will Wf, At Least 5jv Was, (And...

      ii i flunk I hear a htue mru , who sings The peop le by and by will be the stronger . "—Bvaov .

      Some •"-Natured Expressions Having Been ...

      some " -natured expressions having been uttured in public , iatimating that his liberal opinions were changing to tha fruits of court favour , ha instantly published his recent volume of poems , entitled "Bin Glaubsng Btkentnis ( ' A Profession of Faith' ) , " and resigned his pensitn . This volume , however , contained things which rendered him unable to remain ill Prussia , and he accordingly took flight s and engaged himself for his support in a merchant ' s couuting-house—we believe in Hamburgh . He has since been joined by Karl Heinzen , and they are gone together to Switzerland , under Straitened circumstances , - as may he supposed . The name of tile author of " Prussia Unmasked , " as he himself conceals it , we do not , of course , think it right to mention .

      The Horrible Murders On Board The " Tory...

      THE HORRIBLE MURDERS ON BOARD THE " TORY . "

      PINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF CAPTAIS JOM & T ONE . The examination of George Johnstone , the captain of tlie ship Tory , for the murder of Humbert , Reason , and Mars , and also for cutting and wounding the crew , was resumed on Tuesday , at the Thames Police-court , at halfpasr twelve o ' clock . The Court was , as usual , filled with parties eager to see the prisoner , and listeu to the revolting particulars of this most extraordinary case , while a considerable crowd was collected outside . Mr . Humphries , as before , watched the case for the prisoner ; Mr , Hayward , clerk to Mr . Maule , solicitor to the Treasury , appeared for the prosecution . The prisoner , on being brought into ths dock , had to be assisted by the officers ia attendance , and appeared very depressed .

      Mr . Hayward said he proposed to call some additional evidence to the casts already taken . lie had some to offer in the first case , hut that he would leave just then , and go into the second , the death of Reason , to which he would add a little . Though three witnesses had been examined respecting that death , one , Barry Yelverton , was iu the cabin at the time . That witness he now proposed to call . Barry Yelverton was then called , and said—I was in the cabin at the time when Season was called down . I saw the captain stab him with a bayonet . He expired about five minutes after . The captain stabbed him twice on the left breast . The captain exclaimed at the time , " Here ' s the saw that slew the vine before the battle of Bannockburn . " This was a saying of his which he often used . While the captain was pitching Reason about , before stabbing him , the latter cried , " Spare me I Spare me l" I was in the cabin ail the time . The e & utain hud been drinking all the day .

      Mr . Broderip—Did tha captain appear to drink much during the voyage ? Witness—Not till these transactions occurred . Henry James Stephens , a boy of 14 years of age , was next examined—He said I am the son of Mrs . Thompson , whowasapasenger in the Tory . I recollect the Tory arriving at Fayal . But I cannot tell the date . I went ashore there with the captain . This was before anything happened to Beason and H < us . The captain said he would kill all the crew when he got onboard . Hesaid this when we were going up stairs at the English Consul ' s . I returned with the captain on board , and immediately after he cut David Johnson with the cutlass on the back , and about the head . He said a little while after

      he WOUld clear all the boats crew fore and aft . He had drank a bottle of wiae with the English Consul ' s daughter . On going on board the ship , he said , "Here I come like seven tieMshalf struct . " The harbour-master came on board after the captain , aud remained a short time . After he left the captain called out for his pistol and sword . They were brought by James Glover . He then struck Mars with the edge ef the sword . Mars was standing by the gangway at the time . Mars was saying nor doing nothing . He had a lantern , and was assisting the things on board . I heard no threatening expressions , nor any gestures of the kind among the crew . The next morning I saw Mars covered all over with blood . Three dajs after Mats and Reason were dead . They were in good health bofore these

      occurrences . William Beresford deposed—I was called on to attend and feed Mars three or four days before his death . He was on the main hatch in double irons all the time , with a large shackle round his neck . He was all covered with blood . He had several cuts about his head , his upper lip was nearly cut off , aud hung over hie mouth . Iliad to lift it up to put the bread in bis mouth . It was soaked bread I gave him : Respecting his death , I saw him hauled up out of the cabin with ropes . He was very near dead at the time , and died about a quarter of an hour after . There was a rope put round his waitt , but I do not know whether they squeezed him or not .

      Barry Yelverton recalled , aud examined respecting the depositions of the men taken on board concerning thv deaths of Reason and Mars . I signed thoso depositions at the order of the captain . I refused at first , but the captain said , . if " we refused he would cut our hearts out , and make us sign them with car heart ' s blood . " ( A general thrill of horror pervaded the court at this statement . ) I think Speuce and Julien were present when that expression was used . This was said after Mart ' s death . It was used by the captain several times . It was in consequence of that threat that I signed the depositions . Julien Cordiarello , examined on the same point , ssid—I signed some papers , but I don ' t know what they were about , and I did it by force . The captain said , " You must sign it , aud if you do not I will kill you . " It was iu < onsequence of the threat that I signed .

      'ftm . Dan ( the cools ) said ; 1 signed my name to some papers relative to tlie death of Mars and Reason . I signed three or four times . They were read over to me by Spencer in the presence of the captain , whilst I was in the cabin . We were required to sign the paper . French and some of the crew would not sign them with a pen , and the captain said he'd cut their hearts out and make them sign them with their heart's blood . I only heard him say it once . 'Twas in consequence of that I signed the papers . I signed three or four papers at one time . Mr . John Lavies , surgeon of the Westminster House of Cor . ection , saw several of the crew of the Tory on the night of their arrival , and produced a memorandum madv tha following morning . He saw Nelson , Gair , and Burton on the night they were committed to prison , on the evening of the 17 th of November . State their condition .

      Witness : They were scarcely human in appearance . They were dirty , their hair much dishevelled , and their wound * had not been dressed or washed apparently for some days . Next morning I made a particular examination of all the men . Nelson , Gair , and Burton were ' put into the infirmary by my order next morning . Andrew Nelson , who I believe is a Xerwegian , had an incised wound on the scalp , and extensive burns on the neck and several wounds . Gair had several wounds over the scalp , on the face and body . Mr . Broderip : How many do you think altogether ? Eight or nine . His head was completely scarred , but they all healed quickly , not exhibiting much violence , nor was the bone cut . Mr . Broderip : You spoke of a cut across the face-Was it severe ?—No , it was like the rest .

      Mr . Lavies : —Burton had some slight wounds and the marks of gunpowder , besides gome wounds of long standing . The witness then proceeded to read from a paper a statement of the condition of the men , and a description of the various wounds which they had received . The paper was written by his own son , but at witness'sdictation , the day after he examined the men . Some of the wounds as described were cuts , and others punctured WOUndB . Thompson had a double wound on ihe scalp forming the figure of the letter V . Curtis had a variety of wouuds , as , also , had Johuson . They did not , however , in any instance , seem to have been inflicted with great violence . Cone received a severe and extensive wouTid .

      Mr . Broderip : When you say there was not much violence , your opinion would of course be influenced by the circumstance of the men being covered or bare headed . Mr . Lavies : Most certainly , sir . I attended the captain when he came to the prison , aud found an apparently punctured wound on the back part of his right leg . It was healing , but inflammation had set in , which has since become extensive . It extended round the wound . There was extensive suppuration affecting the whole leg and thigh . He has been very ill . I suspect there was bad habit of body , and there was , besides , much depression . There was no sign of delirium tremens , nor any symptoms to show that he had recently been addicted to drinking . Mr . William Clapp , another surgeon , was then examined : He stated that he was second surgeon of the Dreadnought , and a man nuraed Joseph Morris was placed under his care on tlie 12 th of last November . He had a wound ou the outside of the right thigh , on the lower part .

      Mr . Broderip : A gun-shot w ound ?—Apparently . It was four inches in length and about one in depth . It was apenetrating wound , entering the fore part of the thigh , and passing out beh : nd . There was a similar wound , but smaller , en the calf of the leg . They might both have been inflicted at the same , time , as both corresponded . Alexander Sinclair , the carpenter , was then called and examined : The ship was quiet and as usual until we arrived off the island of Ascension , somewhat about the 23 rdofSeptember . ; We were short of water and provisions there . A p int of water per day per man was allowed for six or seven days . The fuU allowance is a gallon a-day . Several of the ci ew were dissatisfied and gi umbled . It was remarked we could have got more water at the last place we touched . There had been no disturbance that I am aware of up to that time . I cannot tell the . date when we spoke to the Erench barque , but it was about four of fivc Humbert

      days after passing the parallel of Ascension . jumped overboard the third day after we spoke to the French barque . We got water from her , same provisions , and a cask of wine . The captain found fault with the matefor the boat being damaged . The mate said if he had not a wife and family he'd jump o irtonrd . I did not hear Li n then n ake reference to the conduct of the captain . I heard Yelverton , that night , tell the captain that he heard Beason say if the captain would not make the Islaid of Ascension inthemorning , he | wouId be no more Capt . Johnstone . Yelverton told this to the captain after we spoke to the French barque . The captain called the first mate , in reference to Yelverton ' s information , and told him he had heard there were intentions amongst fte cr w g « iwt him . Bamber : said he d-d not know cf an * . The cap tain then ordered Rambert , Mars , myself , and ' tbe three boys to tak « arms , which we did . It was about nine o ' clock at night . One watch v a ? asleep bl w , consisting of about eigHmen and a boy . The j

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      other watch was on deck doiug- duty ^ aud all orderly us faraslknow , up to this time . I he * i « no more ofany mutiny , wore than what Yelverton said . The taptain toldus they had sharpeaed their knives to take his life . He meant the crew . I had seen nothing of the kind myself . The captain , when we were armed ordered US to follow him on deck , and when there dirked the Wfttch to be called from below . Reason , Con . e , aud Lea were amongst them . AU hands were then ou . deck . The captain first charged Reason and Cone , and Lee next . He charged them with having sharpen . ^ their knives to take Ms life . They denied having done so . He called all the crew then , and asked if he had behaved unkindly to them . They said no , he had not . They all denied , as far Iknow , haritvg had any intention of deinghim injury . Ha then cut Reason , Cone , aud Lee , with a cutlass . Reason , was cut severely , and all three were cut and wounded .

      Did they stand still ?—No , they ran about the deck to try and avoid him , but he followed tlltm about , CUUing at them . By the captain ' s orders I put Reason , Cone , and Lee , in double Irons . They were all bleeding . Nothing was done to their wounds . It was my duty as carpenter to put them in irons , They remained in irons three days . Oa the second of these nights I heard the captain charge Rambert with being unfaithful in not reporting what he knew of the circumstances as to the men having intentions against him . Ramberf seemed to allow that he knew something , but had no notion they intended to do the captain harm , or he'd have told him . I heard no more on that occasion . The mate was several times

      in conversation with th « captain for two or three hours . I was afterwards sent to call the mate to the cabin . I observed the chief mate with three or four men before him aud one behind running off the poop . The man behind him was Curtis , who was the only one I could discern . He swung something like a piece of wood over his head as he walked forward . From the size I tooL it for a hand-spike . I told the mate the captain wanted him , and he said he was afraid to go lest the captain would kill him . I persuaded him to go , and he went . I did not go with him ; but saw him soon after , the captain following . It was between three and four o'clock in the morning , and dark at th time . The mate had nothing in his hand . The captain had a drawn sword and pistols , Ue told me to put Rambert in irons , and I ordered him to sit down , which he did , and I put him in irons . The mate was bleeding from a wound behind the left ear , which he got from the captain whilst I put him in irons .

      Mr . Broderip ; With what was the wound inflicted ?—I believe by a stroke « f the pistol . I soon after tookhim out of irons , by the captain ' s orders , and shifted him to the main hatohway , where I again put Mm In irons , After whieh the captain came to me in the poop . French was with me . French told the captain the crew had been stationed round the companion wiih bolts and bars , with some intentions upon the captain as be came up , and that the mate seized him ( French ) by the collar , saying , "D—n you , come along . " The captain then ordered me to sat the mate at liberty , and asked him if he had been armed to take his life . 1 did nothear him answer . I must have heard , unless it were given in a very low tone . Ha struck with the swerd at the mate , Who escaped by running , whilst the captain pursued with a draw ^ sword . Rambert got abaft the main rigging , This was about daybreak . The mate jumped overboard . She muster was not far behind with a drawn sword . The mate was bleeding . I was on the poop at tlie opposite side , about twenty-four feet from him . He did not give three huzzas , as entered in the log-book .

      Peter Curtis , an able seaman ou board the Tory , was then called auu . examined for the first time . He said : 1 was forward when the mate jumped overboard . About two hours before ha did so he came to me and Burton . He was all cut about the head and face . He told Burton to go aft , and make the cabin fast , or the captain would murder all hands . I took an iron belaying-pin , and went aft . Mr . Broderip : Had Rambert been wounded then ?—He had . sir . Mr . Broderip : Was he bleeding ?—He was . Mr . Broderip : Where did the blood flow from 1

      Witness : From his face and his head . I went aft as far as the break of the poop . French told me not to be foolish , and wc went forward again . I cannot say how many went aft . None ; of the others had hand spikes . 'Twas in the night . Cone and Lee were in irons in the main top , and Reason in the mizeu , with anchor shackles on their necks . I had seen the three of thum alf covered with blood . I saw French follow Rambert with a loaded pistol and threaten to shoot him if he did not go aft to the captain , who was in the break of the poop . French had also a bayonet . The captain threateued to take French's life if he did not bring the mate aft . Rambert went aft jnd the captain cut him several times on the

      head uitli the cutlass and butt-end of the pistol , He was put in irons , and again l * t out . I saw him run round the deck aid the captain after him with a cutlass . The mate ran aft and jumped overboard . I had not before then told the captain that the mate wished to seize the ship . I never heard any intention , on tlie pnrt of the mate , to take the ship to America , only what I heard the captain say . The reason for seizing the captain was , that all hands were cut to pieces aed profnsely in bloud , by the captain going about the deck pricking them with bayonets and cutting them with a cutlass . It was proposed to seize him for our own protection . There was no attempt to do so but the one , aud we gave it up the moment French told us not to be foolish .

      William Beres' . ord was then examined , and stated that the captain called him to the cabin on arriving in the channel , but before the pilot came on board , and gave him two CUtS on the hend and one on the wrist , lie iisked me why I had given up my arms when I was walking centry . II « told Speuce to go out of the cabin , as he did not want any one to witness the son of a ' - »' s death . He then made me kiss the sole of his foot , Peter Curtis stated that after the pilot came oil board , the captain cut him that night in several places about the head aad body . It was iu the cabin , and almost all hands were in the cabin at the same time on their knees , French , Julien , and Bun , brought me down . I was stowed away the best part of the night , whilst they were looking for me with lanterns . I . went under the longboat , because the captain said he would have my life .

      Franklin Neckar said : I was called to the cabin on the 7 th of Navember , and the captain ordered me on my knees , telling me to stop there a few minutes . He called French , and told him to fire as long as the powder lasted . Xe tired at Burton and at me also iu the face . French stood right alongside me , and the captain stood before me with the cutlass over my head . When next I > vas called to the cabin , the captain cried out , " Mutiny ! to arms ! There was no mutiny . The lights were blown out . and French caught me by the collar , saying , "Here you lire , you son of a ; " and struck me on the head with a pistol , of which place I have the scar now . The captain was present , and sung out , " He ' s my prisoner , jiut him in irons . " James lilaukden , a German , said , the day after the pilot left us we were ordered to the cabin , and the captain told us to go on our knees . Ue struck me with the flat of the cutlass over the shoulders twice , and said , " You have all to die to-night . I'll hare your lives . "

      John AUendson ( a Sweed ) , hitherto catted Allison in the depositions , said the captain cut me iu the ear nnd head with a sword after our arrival in the channel . I was on deck at the time helping to put the ship about . 1 believe it was before the pilot came aboard , Mr . Hayward said , this closed the case on the part of the prosecution . Mr . Broderip then solemnly addressing the prisoner , amidst the most perfect stillness , asked if he had anything to « iy . The prisoner , under the direction of his solicitor , was silent .

      Mr . Broderip : Prisoner at the bar , it is now my duty to send you to take your trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court for the wilful murder of Thomas Reason ; also for tlie wilful murder of William Mars , and also for the wilful murder ef William Rambert . I have , moreover , to commit you to take your trial on the charge of feloniously wounding Stephen Cone , Thomas L « e , David Johnson , Thomas Gair , Joseph Ruelau ( Morris ) , William Burton , Robert Thompson , Andrew Nelson , WUliam Beresford , and Peter Curtis .. The prisoner was removed from the bar in a very feeble condition .

      The Free Hospital. On Tuesday The Adjour...

      THE FREE HOSPITAL . On Tuesday the adjourned inquest upon Susannah Stephens , was resumed by Mr . Vf akley , M . P ., at the Lion , Gray ' s-inn-road . It will be recollected that about a month ago , two young girls , labouring under pulmonary disease , in the last stage , came up from Wiadsor , and applied for admission into the Royal Free Hospital , which was refused them , as the beds were completely occupied , They then obtained shelter in the Lion , but the elder girl , named Erie , aged twenty-two , died at fire o ' clock the following morning , and the other , the subject of the present inquiry , who was only eighteen years of age , died in the Holborn Union Workhouse last Friday week . The case excitvd general sympath' ' . The inquest-room kvu , crowded yesterday , and amongst the gentlemen present were Mr . Pritchard , high bailiff of Southwark ; the Rev , Dr . Worthington , the Rev . Mr . Paekenham , ka . An attorney , attended by Mr . Wingrove Cook , the barrister , attended on the part of the hospita ' .

      Hannah Fisher , nurse in the Holborn Workhouse , examined : Deceased was brought into the workhouse on the 20 th ult ., suffering from weakness and cough . She had wines , broths , and other stimulants . She was sensible the whole time , and was anxious to recover . She died last Friday week . She told witness that she came from Windsor to be admitted into the Free Hospital , and that she and her deceased companion applied for admission the previous morning . They were kept in a cold room , in which there was a sink , and the floor of which was stone , for two hours before a doctor saw them , who told them that there was no room for them . As it was raining they could not go out , and were almost pushedfrom the gate . They asked the porter for sume

      fOOd , and he got them what he called broth and bread . The broth was nothing but salt and water , tlie porter informsd them that it was against the rules to give them food . While they were standing in the porch at the hospital gate ,- two other women were brought in and received . They were desired to go to Bartholemew ' s Hi > spital , but were unable to do so . They had only 2 s . 3 d . when they left Windsor , of which they paid 2 s . to the waggoner , ahd paid 3 d . for coffee . After being refused admission to the hospital , they were afforded food and shelter by the laadlady of the Sun , where the other died . Dr . Marsden said that 300 men were daily relieved by the hospital , and that from Finsbury alone they had annually 20 , « QO patients who got relief .

      The Free Hospital. On Tuesday The Adjour...

      . . ^ ° ^' H that was proved the t-atisfaetloa of tLinhabltants 6 f Finsbury , they would willingly subscribe * 20 , 000 annually towards the hospital . Mr . White , surgeon to the workhouse , proved the deceased died of a pulmonary disease , and condemned the conduct of th » m « dical officers of the hospital towards deceased . . Mrs . Tiffen , landlady of the Lion , reiterated the evidence given by her on the inquest on the girl Gi I , and corroborated the evidence of the last witness , adding that When they entered lies house th » y had death in their eyes . Mrs . Dyuies , the landlady of . the Calthorpe Arms , adjoining the hospital , stated that after they had left the hospifl they came to her house , and that from their ap . pearance she was convinced they w « ra d ying . She gave them food , and Is . ( id . to procure a bed . Margaret Triguno , her hjusemaid , confirmed her testimony .

      William Evans , assistant relieving officer to the City of London Union , and his sou , deposed that three females from . the Pcckham Workhouse , labouring under a certain disease ^ were admitted from the workhouse to the hospital on the day the two decased persons were rejected , the latter were offered to be conveyed thence to Peckham Workhouse , of which they refused to avail themselves , stating that they had enough of workhouses , and that it was an hospiial , not a workhouse they wanted . Mr . Thwaites , relieving officer of the City of London Union , said that during the year between 40 , 000 and 80 , 060 casual poor were relieved by it , and that many were sent to the Free Hospital during the year for medical and surgical assistance . Tlie por ter of the hospital , Mr . Cook , the assistant surgeon , and Alice Warner , the cook of the institution , gave evidence contradicting the statements of deceased .

      The Rev . Dr . Wonhington , chaplain to the hospital , having been sworn , charged the coroner with unvaried hostility against the hospital , and designated him a " partial judge , " when The Coroner threatened him with committal if he re . peated such language , at the same time ordering him to quit the room , With which order the chaplain complied , The jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict of " Natural death . " Dr . Marsden inquired if they censured the conduct of the offiews of tho hospital ? The foreman replied that the majority of the jury found fault with them for havfcig refused admission to the deceased to an hospital professtdly established for tlie benefit of the destitute and houseless . Ano ther juror said that no blame was attributahlo to the officers .

      A third juror said that the landlady of the Calthorpe Arms was more adapted to be a surgeon than the medical gentleman of the hospital who refused them adinis . sion . The other jurors declared that they concurred in the strictnres passed upon the hospital by their foreman .

      Railway Gambling, Bankruptcy, And Suicid...

      RAILWAY GAMBLING , BANKRUPTCY , AND SUICIDE . Last Saturday , Mr . Wakloy , M . P ., held an inquest at the Percy Arms , Perey-street , Pentonville , on the body of Mr . Geo . Graham , aged 40 , late of the firm of Messrs . Graham and Adams , warehousemen , 11 , Cheapside . The deceased speculated extravagantly in railway speculations , and was on the point of forming a matrimonial alliance with a highly accomplished and beautiful young lady , when he committed a determined act of self-destruction . Agnes Walters deposed that she was housekeeper to

      deceased , who resided at 11 , Cheapside . For some time past he had been in a low desponding state of mind , in consequence , as she understood , of commercial embar . rassn . ents and unfortunate railway speculations . On the 23 rd ult ., she was sent to attend deceased at 21 , Great Percy-street , where she found him in bed with a dreadfrl wound in his throat . He was sensible butcould not speak , and expressed in writing his wishes and wants . When she entered his room he covered his face with his hands . He lingered until last Wednesday , when he expired . '

      By the Coroner : He never threatened to destroy himself ; on the contrary , he invariably expressed great pity for suicides . Mr . George Brace , solicitor , who watched the proceedings for the creditors , stated that the Arm appeared among the bankrupts in the Gazette on the previous day . Mrs . Matthews , of 24 , Great Percy-street , stated that deceased and a friend of his dined with her on the 28 rd ultimo . After dinner he took two glasses of wine . For months his manner was greatly altered , and he was so melancholy that she mentioned the circumstance to his friends . On the day in question he was particularly lowspirited . About ei ght o ' clock , he asked permission to rest himself on the bed , which she allowed him to do , in the hope that it might soothe him . He was not , howiver , many minutes in the bedroom , when she heard a scream , and , on entering it , saw him standing over the wash-hnnd stand , blood flowing from his throat into a basin , while in his right hand he held a razor firmly grasped . She instantly called for assistance .

      Mr . Lewes Stcuart hearing the last witness cry for help , rusjied into the room , and saw deceased in tlie position described . He attempted to wrest the razor from him , but had a hard struggle before he succeeded , when deceased instantly fell down . Surgical assistance was procured without delay . Mr . Fogarty , surgeon , was ia attendance upon deceased , whose case was hopeless from the first . He was sensible , but could not speak , and stated his feelings in writing . His < leath was the result of the wound , after the infliction of which he was quite sane .

      Mr . Adams had been in partnership with deceased for five years and a half . Deceased latterly speeulaled largely , and lost extensively in railway shares . It was difficult to ascertain the precise amount of his losses , which was very great . In one transaction alone he lost £ 2 , 000 , Although deceased was not what he would call a wealthy man , yet their trade was of a most promising character . Since he lost so heavily by railway speculations , he became an altered man , and was exceedingly low and dejected in spirits . The manuscripts produced were written by deceased after he cut his throat .

      Tlie following are the writings alluded to , and all bear the date of the 24 th of November , 1845 : — " 1 . Dear Friends , —My fate is unfortunate . Do throw a veil over my errors . God bless you , and pardon me . Oh ! my good Mend Scott . " ' " 2 . Dear Jackson , —My fate is unfortunate . Throw a veil over my errors . Poor Scott . God bless him , and pardon me , —G . G . " " 3 . I leave all matters in your hands with other good advisers , Scott and Jackson . " " 4 . Agreeable to what is in my will in Wren ' s hands . " The jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of temporary insanity .

      A solicitor who was present said , that he had to attend that day the meetings of the creditors of two extensive firms who , from losses in railway speculations , were com . pelled to wind up their affairs aud stop payment .

      Murder In Liverpool. Livebpooi,, Satubha...

      MURDER IN LIVERPOOL . Livebpooi ,, Satubhat . —Considerable excitement has prevailed in town to-day , in consequence of the death of a prostitute by the hand of a sister in misery and crime . The name of the deceased is M'Gill , quit * a young woman , and the name of the unfortunate wretcll Who Inflicted the fatal wound is Jane Swift , both , as before mentioned , living a life of profligacy and dissipation . It appears , so far as the particulars have as yet been ascertained , that between twelve and one o ' clock this morning , Swift and the deceased were carousing with a number of sailors in a public house , in Tally-street , a neighbourhood not of tho highest repute in this town . Some difference arose between them , whether in consequence of anything said or done by their paramours , as said by some , does not clearly appear , hut certain it is they got to high words ; Swift being very much excited , and declaring

      with all the vehemence natural and common to her class , that she , would take the life of the deceased before morning . After some little time Swift was calmed down ; but on leaving the public-house the quarrel was resumed , and the diceased , some parties say , struck Swift a blow , whilst others say she only gave her a push in order to get her out of the way . This was , however , enough for Swiff , who was already much exasperated , and she made a stab at the deceased , inflicting a most serious and dangerous wound on the side of the neck , near the collar-bone . The deceased staggered and fell down , but was immediately carried to a neighbouring house , where she died a short timo afterwards . A surgeon was sent for , but arrived too late to render any assistance . As soon as Swift had perpetrated the deed , she ran off with the knife iu her hand , and was pursued down Park . lane b y several persons who were standing by . She called out to one Of

      the women in pursuit that she would serve her as she had done the deceased , if she persisted in following her . Ultimately she outran her pursuers , and was lost sight of , and succeeded in making her escape , Tile knife was found about an hour and a half afterwards lying on the ground in Shaw ' s-alley , one of the streets through which Swift must have passed . It was a large clasp knife , such as is usually carried by sailors , and had marks of blood still remaining on it , although there had been heavy rain for some time previously , whieh must necessarily have obliterated some of the stains . Every exertion was made , after information had bein given Of tllC OCCUrfCnCC , with the view of discovering the author of the foul deed , but up to this moment , notwithstanding the police have made a strict search , nothing had transpired likely to lead to her apprehension ; it is not probable , however , that she can long escape detection .

      Indian Sporting. — We Regret Much To Lea...

      Indian Sporting . — We regret much to learn that Captain Smith , a well-known sportsman , is laid up at Landour , from the effect of a most severe bite received in an encounter with a bear , whilst out shooting . When he was attacked by tlie animal , the natives with Captain Smith , instead of aiding to beat him oft ' , ran away . After disengaging himself from the hug of his ferocious antagonist , the gallant sportsman , although so severely wounded , followed the bear and shot him dead . Intelligence of his danger having bien brought in ( by the runaways , we presume ) , Dr . Fletcher immediately proceeded to Captain Smith ' s assistance / and , it is hoped , that his timelv aid ma » prevent any serious consequences . —Bengal Jlurkaril i i !? , AI JJ Ex , ? 1 I ' rio - > T Accou » t 3 have been received by the Admiralty of tne Polar expedition under Sir John Franklin up to the 16 th of August . It was on thcnorti-coast of Greenland , above Gilbert ' s Sound , and would probably winter near this spot , or at the Arctic Islands , the wintering place of Parry .

      Coxfessipn Of Martha Brq.Vnln'g. It Will...

      COXFESSIPN OF MARTHA BRQ . VNlN'G . It will be remembered that , at the recent session of the Central Criminal Court , Martha Browning was convicted of a . murder of a very atrocious character ; and although the evidence , so far as human testimony is concerned , might be considered as of the most conclusive kind , yet , as the crime was perhaps unparalleled , it will be somesatiafactionto those who may have considered it almost impossible for such a person to have committed so fearful a crime , to know , that since the conviction of the wretched girl , she has made a full confession , and detailed all the circumstances connected with the horrible crime . From the period of her commitment to Newgate , the prisoner appeared resigned to her fate , and she has since stated that she all along anticipated the

      result , and this may in some measure account for her fi' -Tincss when sentence was passed upon her . Very snortly after she had been placed in the condemned cell , on the female side of the prison , she appeared desirous to unburden her mind of the dreadful weight which lay heavy upon it , and in tlie presence of the Rev . Mr . Davis , the chaplain , aud the governor of Newgate , Mr . Cope , she made a full admission of her guilt . Of course no questions were put to her , nor anything said to induce her to make such an avowal , but as she appeared really desirous of making it , and did so of' her own free will , she was allowed to make the statement . Having first admitted the perfect justice of her sentence , und expra & sed that it was her opinion that she ought to die for it , as a warning to others , she said that

      her only motive for the commission of the dreadful deed was a desire to possess herself of that which she believed to be a £ 5 Bank of'En « land note , but which , as it turned out , was only a "flush" note , as it is termed , or one of the "Bank of Elegance . " It should be stated that the prisoner can read and write very well ; but she says that she never had an Opportunity of fully seeing the note until after tlie crime was committed ; and she declared that there was only one note , and not two , as was represented at the trial . She said , that being determined to possess herself of the note , she considered the means , and at length resolved to take the old lady ' s life , as being as she then considered , the surest means of attaining her object , and that she would effect thu by strangling her with the cord that was in her box .

      and she prepared upon the Sunday night to carry her dreadful design into execution . Accordingly she said that in the middle of the night she got up and cut a portion of the rope off , and then , while the unhappy deceased was asleep , she twisted it twice round her neck and began to pull it violently . The old lady awoke , apparently from a sound sleep , in the agonies of suffocation ; she struggled slightly , had just sufficient power to exclaim , " Murder , murder ! what are you doing ? " an expression which it will be recollected was spoken to by one of the witnesses , who occupied an adjoining room , and that almost immediately she expired . At this moment , she says , the witness , the person referred to , came to the door and inquired what was the matter . She was then standing over the dead body of her unhappy victim ,

      and she states that it was with great difficulty she was enabled to frame » n answer that nothing was the matter , and thus induced tiie party to return to her room . She then remained upon the bed with the dead body until daylight , when she examined the box of the deceased and took out of the housewife of the poor old creature that which she believed to be the five-pound note , and , without attentivefy looking at it , she placed it in her pocket , and considered of the best mode to escapedetection for her horrid crime , and at length the thought came over her to make it appear that the deceased had committed suicide . With a view to this she tied the cord in a knot and then lifted the body from the bed and placed it on the box by its side in the position in which it was afterwards discovered . In the morning she gave an

      alarm , as appeared b y the evidence , of the old lady being ill , and went to inform her daughter of it , and request that she would come to see her . Upon prisoner being asked how she could have been strong enough to lift the dead body from the bed , and place it on the box , she said , " I think the devil must have helped me , but I did it . " The prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances narrated in the evidence , and said that the statements of all the witnesses were quite correct , with the exception of the surgeon , which she declared was not so , in two particulars , wherein he stated that he was the first medical person who saw the deceased , and that when he did so her eyes were staring and wide open ; but she declared that his assistant saw her first and that her eyes were closed , and her face appeared perfectly

      composed when he saw her . She stated that having resolved upon the course she intended to pursue , she made the statement she did before tlie coroner , with a view to show that the deceased had destroyed herself , and which , as it turned out , had that effect , as the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary derangement . She stated that by that time she had discovered that the note was of no value , and she said she should never have attempted to make any use of it if she had not been pressed by the old woman ' s daughter and her husband to lend them some money , and said sheonly went to the public-house with the pretended purpose to change it , in order to pacify them , and on their then insisting to know how she became possessed of it , r . he did not know what to do . and eventually told them the story about her bavins

      received it from some person in Bedford-street , in the Strand . When , she said , she found that the witness Gaze determined upon accompanying her to Bedfordstreet , she became quite beside herself , and felt that she could no longer support her position , and from that moment her mind almost forsook her , and she said she did not recollect the incoherent expression . - imputed to her by the several witnesses , although she had no doubt she had made use of them , as she wa * resolved she said , to admit her guilt . This was the substance of the statement of the unhappy criminal , and after it was made she appeared a good deal more composed , and ever since her firmness has appeared

      to increase and she is evidently perfectly resigned to the fate that awaits her . 11 has been already stated that the friends of the unhappy prisoner reside near Alton , in Hampshire ; and two or three days ago her mother and sister came to visit her , and as they appeared to be in poor circumstances , Mr . Sheriff Chaplin , who is one of the directors of the South Western Railway , humanely gave them a free pass for themselves , or any other member of the family , to travel upon the line as often as tfiey wished , in order that they might have every facility to see the last of their unhappy relative . The execution will take place on Monday , the loth of January .

      Lxtensive Robheuy. —A Robbery Of Money T...

      Lxtensive Robheuy . —A robbery of money to a very serious extent has just been perpetrated at the Imperial Clarence Hotel , the property of Mr , M'Dowell . The public are aware that that gentleman has lately been selling off the stock of his very extensive establishment , previous to his removal to Dublin , and on Saturday eveninelast he placed a sum of £ 486 , wrapped in paper , in the corner of a portmanteau , which he kept in his bedroom , and had received « t varioua times from the auctioneer . This he did not open until last evening , at about ten o ' clock when lie proceeded up stairs in the dark , for the purpose of depositing a large sum of money which ta had just received from Mr . Roger Evans ' s clerk , being the produce of yesterday ' s auction . When he cot to the

      portmanteau he found it open ; but this he did not take any notice of , as he thought he might have over-shot the lock , and thereby missed locking it He then searched for the paper in which he had the money , and feeling a paper similar in size to that which he had eft in the corner of the portmanteau , he deposited the money which he had received that day m the portmanteau , and locked it , leaving , as he thought , all right . However , on his going to it this morning , he ascertained that the £ 486 had been abstracted , but the remainder of the money was safe Information was immediately conveyed to the police stations

      , when Mr . Walker , sub-inspector , headconstable Condon , and Moylan , with constable Crowley , and some other active members of the force were in immediate attendance , and took every measure in their power to endeavour to discover the thief , but , as yet , no clue has been obtained by which the discovery of the robbery can be calculated on All the servants in the establishment were searched but to no effect , nothing having been discovered on then ; persons , or in their trunks , which could lead to suspicion , and the police are dispersed through the city searching the houses of those on whom suspicion could rest . —Cork Reporter .

      LxTRAORDiXARY RoBBEBY . —A very extraordinary robbery was committed at Perth , on Friday ( the market ) night . Mr . Hill , farmer , Croonan , near Uupar-Angtis , on coming to the market , put up his gig at Mr . Mitchell ' s Inn , Bridgend , Afterwards he ordered Ins gig to be got ready , being prepared to start on his journey home . But his vehicle could not after every search , be discovered . On investi gation it was found that a horse belonging to Mr Walker Rannie , farmer , Inchyra , was also away , and a bridle belonging to another party in the neighbourhood . Confusion for some time prevailed , and Mr . Hill ' s horse was in the stable , and also the horse of the owner of the bridle ; but it ultimately became evident that some one had taken the first gig , the first horse and first bridle , that came to his hand , and set off witn them . Further inquiry heincc instituted . ; t

      came out ( through a shoopker , of whom Mr . Hill had purchased three parcels of goods ) , that the gig , horse , and bridle , had really Leen stolen . The shopkeeper SrfT Sp ?; "ff l . wlththe P ^ ' Pd , according to m . HUIb instructions , sought his gig to deposit them therein . After looking overanumber of vehicles tor the name , opposite the inn door , he at lennh to came to that of Mr . Hill ' s , with a person in it ready ^ ^ -,, f' ^ . S' ^ P ^ SPSP asked of the perso n if it was Mr . Hill s gig ? The answer was " ye *; " on whieh he immediately placed the parcels into it . The gig then drove off , and nothing more was heard of it un-« ru ^ ay morning , when a letter was received bv MrMitchen , StatingthatahoreeandgigSonnd on Saturday morning , standing in the farm-yard Pf Mr . Fullertou , near Bridge ollsla , the latter haviiur the owner ' s name panted upon it . No clue to hS dividual who committed tfiis extraordinary offence has yet been obtained , -CafcVm MercuZ

      The Yarmouth Murder. > Glockbtkp. , Mond...

      THE YARMOUTH MURDER . > Glockbtkp . , Monday . — Our readers will doubtless remember the particulars of the murder of riarricfc Cftudlor . a shop-keeper at Great Yarmouth , on the-18 tb of November , 1844 . IV" have from time to tun * placed before our readers any fresh facts which havebeen adduced , and we have now to state that ^ arhama Itas been again apprehended at Blakeney , m Wocestershire . Out readers will remember the extraordinary testimony of the woman Dick , who stated that :-Yarhara had confessed to her that he was concerned ' in the murder . On the strength of this evidence a warrant was granted by the Yarmouth magistrates ' on the 6 th of December for the apprehension of Yar--ham ; and placed in the hands of Captain Loye , the superintendent of police there . Suspicion being entertained that Yarhatn was in Gloeestershire , Captaitt "

      Love proceeded to Glocester , where he arrived on Saturday morning , and immediately obtained the assistance of Mr . Williams , the active superintendent of the Glocester city police . The two officers then , started for Blakeney , a small town about sixteenmiles from Glocester , and at the house of Mr . Smallwood , shoemaker , Yarham was found at work at his trade of ladies' shoemaking . On being informed of the object of the officer ' s visit , he said he was awnreof the circumstances of the affair from reading thenewspapers , but denied the truth of Dick ' w statement , to the effect that he had confessed his guilf three weeks after his release from custody . He sayshe left Yarmouth fourteen days after his release , and can prove it . He was taken to Glocester , and on Sunday morning conveyed to London on the way to Yarmouth .

      A Dreadful Murder Was Committed At Neuil...

      A Dreadful Murder was committed at Neuilly on Wednesday , by a young man named Fran <; pi » ( £ uerelles , aged twenty-five . The motive was jealousy at the favour shown by his employer to another workman . M . Rouxel , a builder , had particularly distinguished amongst his workmen tw » young men , QuereJJes , and another named Louis Itollet . The former was foreman and the latter but a simple workman . They lived together in the same house , Rue du Chateau , 32 . In the course of last month , M . Rouxel entrusted a piece of work to-Rollefc alone , without placing \ him , as usual , under the orders of Querelles . The latter became exceedingly jealous at this proceeding , and some high words ,

      and even blows , passed between him and Rollet . On Wednesday , Q , uerelles proceeded to Paris , and purchased a pair of pistols , and some powder and ball , and returned home before Rollet came in from work . The latter went at once to his room , which was below that of Querelles . Next morning neither of . them appeared , and the neighbours , becoming uneasy , entered Reliefs room , the key being in the door , and found him lying dead on the floor , his skull fractured , and a large club lying near him ,, covered with blood , brains , and hair . In Querolles's room were found the p 4 stols which he had bought the preceding day . He has not since been heard of , and the report runs that he has committed suicid » by throwing himself into the Seine . —GalignanVs Messenger .

      Mysterious Affair.—Mart Mathew Manley.—•...

      Mysterious Affair . —Mart Mathew Manley . —• In the year 1810 , an elderly gentleman , by the name of Jones , placed in a boarding school , with a Mrs . Halson , No . 3 , Charterhouse-square , a little girl , between four and five years old , of the above nama ( Manley being afterwards added to Mayhow ) , who was said to have been brought from abroad ; and whose infantile remembrance is , that she had & brother , William . She was there visited by a . Miss Mortimer and sister , now Mrs . Whittaker , a Miss Etherington , and other ladies of , or from Bath-. After the manifestation , at first , of much kindness and solicitude , these parties , from some unexplained

      cause , forbore to call , pay for , or to notice the child ; some time elapsing , Mrs . Halson advertised , heading . the advertisement with " Most Shameful Transaction , " which brought forward a Captain Lea , who paid the then arrears due , but from a full boarder thegirl was then reduced by him to a half-boarder , he . ( Captain Lea ) continuing to pay , through a Mr . Collier , for her board and education , but desiring that the girl should he made a governess . She believes that a hundred a year was paid for her by Mr . Jones ; and who , with a Dr . Mayhew , of Bath , she understood were her godfathers . All her earliest recollections are that she was rich , and belonged to those who were so , and these juvenile impressions or dreams of

      prosperity , remained up to the coining'forward of Captain-Lea , by whom they were at once blighted . Time rolled on , and her education being completed , a governess she became ; but , before quitting Mrs . Halson's , upon one occasion her attention was drawn to a remarkable advertisement , requiring information : ? as to the whereabouts of the children of a General Manley , of India , tor whom some bequest was made , and she then took steps to ascertain her parentage ^ but without effect . Captain Lea invariably evading-: giving herany clue to the same , he Captain Lea , it seems , satisfying Mr . Brown Roberts , then of Bishopgate-street , but now of the Old Jewry , the referee , that she was not the child of General Manley . The

      Miss Mortimer already alluded to , it is necessary to . , ^ tate , became the wife of " Captain Loa . They are both now no more ; and to every inquiry since no * traces can she obtain to the authors of herbeing . In the hope these particulars may catch the eye of some of the parties interested or concerned , either in Europe , India , or elsewhere , so as to bring about the mysterious solution oi" her birth , this short sketch is put forth without at all glancing at the helpless and forlorn state she has for some time been left in » Reference to be made at West Cottage , Southbank , Regent's Park . The kind and humane offices of the press are respectfully solicited in this country , India , and elsewhere , in giving circulation to the above . — Sun .

      A Genuine Philanthropist . —The Island of Rona is a small and very rocky spot of land , lying between the isleot Skyeand the mainland of Applecross , and is well known to mariners for the rugged and dangerous nature of the coast . There is a famous place of ? refuge at the north-western extremity , called the " Muckle Harbour . " of very difficult access , however , which , strange to say , is easier to be entered at night than during the day . At the extremity of this hyper * borean solitude is the residence of a poor widow ,, whose lonely cottage is called the "lighthouse , " from the fact , that she uniformly keeps a lamp burning in . her little window at night . By keeping this light and the entrance to the harbour open , a strange vessel may enter with the greatest safety . During tlie silent watches of

      the night the widow may be seen like " Norna of the Fitful head , " trimming her little lamp with oil , being fearful that some misguided and frail bark may perish through her neglect ; and for this she receives no manner of remuneration—it is pure unmingled philanthropy . The poor woman '? kindness docs not pest even there , for she is unhappytlll the benumbed and shivering mariner comes ashore to share her little board , and recruit himself at her glowing and cheerful fire / and she can seldom be prevailed upon to take any reward . She has saved more lives than Davy ' s belt , and thousands of pounds to the underwriters . This poor creatui-ft , in her younger days , witnessed her husband struggling with the waves , and swallowed up by the remorseless

      billows" In sight of home , and friends who thronged to save , " This circumstance seems to have prompted her present devoted and solitary life , in which her only enjoyment is in doing gooi . —Inverness Courier . Birth in the Street at Greenwich . —On Monday morning , between the hours of two and three 0 clock , as pohce-SGrgeant George Goode was passing the Royal Hospital , Greenwich , he observed a decentlooking young woman , about 21 vears of age , crawling along apparently in great pain . Hespoke to her when she informed him that she was in destitute cir ^ uumstances . She gave her name Frances Smith , but declined to answer any other question . He advised her atonce to go to the union workhouse , about half mile off

      a , which she consented to do , and thanked him . Shortly after he found her lying in Roraney-road on the footway , in the agonies of labour and m a few minutes after she was delivered of an infant . Sergeant Goode left her in that dreadful state , during a bitter frost , and ran to Mr . Sturton surgeon , > elson-street , and sent a constable to the hospital infirmary to get a stretcher . The poor crca , tureremamed on the ground In the manner Ascribed lor about fifteen minutes , when she and her baby were * placed on a stretcher , covered with blankets , and conveyed by the police to the union house , where everv attention was paid by Dr . Sturton and the matron and it is satisfactory to say that both mother and infant are doing well .

      Shocking Suicide by an Aged Pensioner . —Earlv on Saturday memmg , a man named Thomas Hands aged eighty-one years , expired in the accident wS of Guy ' s Ho . pital , from the effects of injuries inflicted by himself under the following dreadful circumstan ccs :-it appears that the deceased had been ^ S matcot Lambeth workhouse for some- timTnas ? h 2 havingrepresented to the Board oftu aSnfhe ' was in a destitute state , fle was admitted into « f « u as and had , owing to his extreme aS fSt ^^' ment . A few days since i 2 , 3 M- nouwshformed that the deceased wa I nT ^ 3 Were in funds of the East India GomlfJ P ?? 10 ner ° * the about 12 s . perTeek Tnn S ' m the recei pt of instituted , and it was dSl Wh \ " ?^« W of the weekly aUo JEL * fXn £$ t lnde P en « ent had £ 1 , 000 in thrSk ° Tbl / o b 0 Ve Tmn ?> he tioned onthe subject and nlS ? T ? H was sthewoifchou se , ^ ™ CCU iasi

      six andseven oYWlr I „„ r , "' S , between on duty lTtt ^& SIgSf S . S ft , w L ^ vision , attention drawn 1 o ? f ? ge-r < , ad . ^ d hii lying on theTai eut ^ J ^ . , who * £ "iflicteda frightful wound 2 L ° + u blo - Hc ha <* As belly or aSdomen fri wS \ the *!>** of tistmes protruded . A laTOr „ i ? ° \^ « f the inwith bhV was " found 5 S p knife " * w *« l which he had no doubt inHicted th . P . Vemei * . with son . He was taken withV .- DJUry on his -P ef-Pital , where he wasYut nS j ^ Guv ' s Hostherby , the house ? uSn " & **?» * « *• * i that medicalskill could ^~ T ! ered eTer y *& « g , he expired at »„ S ' \ . nowithstand-B ) rning . * ** * * llJy hour on Saturday

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27121845/page/7/