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      UEiLTH QF LONDOX DDRIXO THE WEEK . —The mortality of London ( says the Registrar-General in his report ) which fell below the weekly average of aye autumns m die se . ond week of _Octob'Jrjlias steaday continued to decline daring the three subsequent weeks . Toe present return shows that only 837 deatus were registered in the week ending last Saturday , while the average is 1 , 162 ( allowance being made for increase of population on previous years ;) the decrease is , therefore , 325 . A comparison of returns made for the same week in the last ten _yeaj-s , shows that in any of the nine weeks the mortality ha ) not been st slow at at the present time . In the corresponding week of 1341 the deaths were 810 ; in

      that of 1843 they were 1 , 115 , after cholera nad given warning of its presence . Only 11 deaths from cholera were registered in last week . In tbe three preceding weeks they were successively 110 . 41 , and 25 , declining by nearly a gcometricd progression . Of the 11 , one occurred in Lower North-street , Chelsea ; two in the workhouse of St . _Martin-in-the-Fiel ' . ls ( one having been that of a girl brought from a house in _Bedfordbury , the condition of which is minutely described by the registrar ;) one in Claremint-place , Gray ' s-In-lane ; one in George-yard , Safiron-hill ; two at No . 12 , Seven Step alley , Gravel-lane ; one in . the Lunatic Asylum , _Hoxton-house ; one in Maidstone-place , " a very low and ill-drained spot in _HaggerstoneEast ; " one at 4 Paternoster-row ,

      Spitalfields . where the mother of the deceased died five days aft ? nvardsof " diarrhoea ; " and one in Wycombe place , Kent-road . In the last week 40 deaths were registered from diarrhoea and dysentery ( the average 13 27 ;) in the three previous weeks they were 105 , 53 , and 51 . Two of these , in the present return , occurred in Jennings ' -baildings , Kensington , a locality which has frequently obtained . unfavourable notice in the records of the late epidemic . Typhus Was fatal to 37 persons ; the average is 56 . Other epidemics are still under the average . The mortality _ftom _Ettvillpox and measles continues unusual'y low . A woman 57 years of age died of " inflammation fromaplumstone lodging , 33 days before death , in theeo on , and producing thickening , and complete

      _efcimction . " In two cases intemperance is stated to " i _ve been the cause of death . The mean reading of the barometer at Green with was upwards of 50 in . on the first three days _. of the week . The mean of the week was 29 807- The mean temperature of the ¦ week was 50 3 deg . which is 4 deg . above the average ofthe same week in 7 years . Allegep Suicide Br a _Gestiemakof Foetone . —On Saturday last Mr . W . Carter held aninquestat the Hero of Waterloo Inn , Waterloo-road , as to the death of Henry Thompson , Esq ., aged fifty-nine , of Thornhill Cottage , _Soothampton , who was

      supposed to have committed suicide under the follow ing curious circumstances . The deceased arrived by the nil oa Wednesday afternoon , and engaged a bed at the Southampton coffee-house , Waterloo-road , and the fohowisg mornhg the servant went to call him about eleven o ' clock , bnt no answer being returned , the door _waJ opened and he was found to be lying in an insensible state in bed . Mr . Brookes , a surgeon , was sent for , who tried to bleed him , but very little hlood issued , and he continued in the same way until about four in the afternoon , when he expired . Upon Mr . _Nott , tiie undertaker , removing the body into a coffin he discovered between the mattress and bed an

      empty phial , which smelt of laudanum , nnd this circumstance leading to a suspicion that the deceased had destroyed himself , Mr . Brookes made a post mortem examination of tie body , bnt was enable to detect the trace of any poison , and from the congested state of the brain he had no doubt he died from the effects of apoplexy . Verdict , " Natutal death from the effects of apoplexy . " The deceased was a fine robust man , and was said to have had a considerable sum of money in his possession at the time of his death .

      _Mtsterious Death in the _Sbbpbntinr River . —On Saturday last Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Rose and Grown , Knightsbridge , on the body of a middle-aged man who was found in the Serpentine River , under very suspicious circumstances . On Thursday morning the body was found floating a few yards from the south shore , near the bridge , and at the same time a man was seen making off with a hat towards the barracks , which was supposed to belong to the deceased , who was without coat or hat . He was apparently about sixty years of age . five feet eight inches high , grey hair , dressed in black cloth trousers , dark mixed waistcoat , linen shirt , velvet stock , and Wellington boots . In his pocket was a paper , carefully fe-ldrd , headed " Creditors of Covent Garden Theatre . 1810 . " as follows : —* Copeland ,

      builder , £ 59 387 ; Martin , _builder , £ 8 , 365 ; White _, timber merchant , £ 14 , 802 ; T : itham and Bailey , up ' holders , £ 2 , 728 ; Bernascone , plaste er _, £ 4 , 9 C 5 ; Boyce , ironmonger , £ 7 , 342 ; Morris , ditto , _£ S , 079 ; Bendlev , smith . £ 4 , S 09 ; Brig _^ 3 . plumber , £ . 1 , 915 ; Baxter , ditto , £ 1 , 526 ; Smart and Richardson , _bricklayer £ 2 , 418 ; Smith , £ o , C 64 ; Dixon , painter and decorato ; , £ 8 _^ 7 . —Total , £ 130 , 790 . " The paper had evident ! " been a long while in his possession , and may possibly lead to his identity . Mr . Wooller , the surgeon , examined the body , but without opening it was unable to state the cause of death . The inquiry was adjourned for that purpose , and the police were of dered to make the most searching investigation into the suspicious affair .

      _ESTRAOBMSiRT _LwESTIGATtOK AT HaCKNE * . — A lengthened inquiry was held before Mr . Baker , the _coroner , at the Duke of Clarence , Donnes-terrace , Hackney , on _Saturday , respecting the death of Mr . George Rowland Smith , aged sixty-four , a so'icitor , who died from starvation , under the following melancholy circumstances : —Mrs . Mary M'Donald , of 5 , Orchard Cottages , deposed that the deceased had resided with her for the last twenty-four years . His friends were highly respectable , and bis father , who was al-o a solicitor , was well known in the profession , aud was in possession of an extensive practice , which the deceased and a brother inherited oa his death . The deceased was unable to follow his profession in consequence of being both mentally and

      bodily _debi'itated . "Witness was allowed £ 2 per week for bis support until about fourteen years since , when the deceased signed a deed , and since that period she had only been allowed £ 1 a week . —By the coroner The money wa 3 paid by a solicitor , residing in St . John ' s-wood , brother-in-law to the deceased , into the hands of a solicitor of Barnard ' s Inn , Iloibom . "Witness generally received the money from the principal clerk to this solicitor . -By a juror : Witness believed that the deed related to the deceased signing bis property over to some other person . He was very reluctant to sign it at all , but was persuaded by the clerk . Witness ' s daughter was the only attesting witness , and was then only eleven years of age . —By the coroner : Her daughter , who is now

      twentyfive years of age , was not aware of the purport of the deed . —Examination continued : When witness was receiving £ 2 a weeik it was paid by deceased ' s brother , who , at the present time , owed witness upwards of £ 100 for arrears . After the signing of the deed the money was regularly paid up to the time of deceased's 'death . Witness was not to find the deceased any clothes out ofthe £ 1 per week , but the friends had not sent him a hat , or any other article of dress , for the last seventeen years . —By the coroner : The relatives of the deceased very seldom called io see bim , and when tbey did , he always importuned them to pay the £ 100 which was due to witness . The deceased was very docile , but witness did not think he was quite sound in his mind . He

      always refused to cat any solid food , and it was miiy bv artifice that he wa 3 induced to swallow a little isinglass . During the la 5 t few days he appeal ed ve _# weak and feeble , and Mr . GroJconite , a surgeon , was called in , but he gra ' ually sank , and expired on Wednesday last . —Mr . Groscomte said , the deceased laboured under several delusions-that by taking solid food it was unnecessarily prolonging life , and that if he swallowed any food it -would suffocate him . Witness had no doubt that the deceased bad died from exhaustion , wbich bail _beeu produced by abstaining trom taking any solid food . — By the coroner "Witness had no doubt fhat the deceased was decidedly insane .-A juror remarked that the deceased was no donbt in tbe same state when he signed the deed . —

      V . t . Andrews , tbe summoning officer , said that the solicitor ' s clerk had been to him , and in the presence of Mr . Groscomte said the deceased was always perfectly iu bis senses . —The jury asked if the clerk , or any of _deseased _' s relatives were present ? Mr . Andrcvs said they wore not ; and also said the clerk directed that the deceased should be buried six hours after his death , and that no mourners would be required . When the inquest was mentioned he became very outrageous , and offered him money not to call the inquiry . —A juror said he should not sign any inquisition until some of the relatives were present to explain satisfactorily how tbe deceased ' s property was disposed of . He considered death had been accelerated by the deceased not having sufficient

      money for his support . —The coroner said it was impossible to make tut a case against any person , in consequence of the deceased having refused to take bis f < iod . Death bad been clearly proved to have been caused by the deceased ' s own folly , and in that court they could not inquire ab _.-ut the property . —After a long consultation , in which several ofthe jury wished for an adjournment , for the purpose of having the friends of the deceased exposed . The jury returned the following special verdict : — " That the deceased had died from exhaustion , produced by abstaining from eating solid food , while labouring under insanity ; and thejurors cannot separate without _expressing an opinion that there is mach blame attached to the relatives of the deceased , ia not _properly attending to Mm during life . "

      Alahming _Occcjikesce . —On Sunday afternoon _, about four o'ci-x-k _, one hour before high water , a large sailing vessel , laden _with soft sand , the property of Mr . Pass , of Kme Elms , was _proceeding up the rirer Jrom _U _' oolwieh _, and when opposite Biaekfriars Stcam-hoat pier the captain let go her anchor for the purpose of _brinsiugher up . Unfortunately , the chain was foul , and thecrew were unable to sl _' ckrii _itsufficindy to make the anchor hold , and the _consequeuce _' w _^ s that the yards of the vessel came in cmtact wi ; a _iheiomtli arch oa the north-wesi side of

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      Blackfriars-bridge . By so doing the yards sprang , and ths mast head of the ponderous vessel caught the crown of the arch , and in an instant she heaved over , and in less than two minutes sank . The men in the vessel shrieked out for help , when John Ware , the deputy pier-roaster , and Carey , one of the extra men , came _alongside the vessel , fortunately succeeded in rescuing ths crew ofthe sunken vessel , and conveyed them a * bo e . Whilst they were engaged in saving the lives of the people in the vessel , a large yawl , laden with potatoes , and making her way towards Hungerford Market , when her bow came in contact with the same arch of the bridge , which threw her athwart the tide , aud for a moment or two the lives ofthe crews belonging to both the large vessels , as well a » those who so heroically put off from the pier , were greatly jeopardised , bat fortunately the headmast of the potatoe yawl was low enough to allow it to pass under the bridge . If such had not been the case the whole must have been drowned . j

      _Sixgclar Solemn . —On the 2 nd inst . Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Westminster Hospital , on the body of Jane Bond , aged 51 , who destroyed herself in thc following manner : —The deceased lived with her husband , at 14 , Bow-court , Palmer _' s-village , Westminster . On Monday evening she had been drinking to some excess , and in the course of tbe night she and her husband fell down stairs together . She was taken to the hospital , and a slight bruise was found on her forehead , but in her pockets she had two phials which had contained laudanum ; and as she died thc next day the coroner ordered the body to be opened , and it was clearly ascertained she had died from the effects of the poison , which she had purchased at separate shops . Her mind seemed to have heen in a disturbed state lately , and a verdict of " Temporary insanity " was returned .

      | I . _vQtiKsi ox ins Boot of tub late Gexbbai _. Sir 6 . Assos . —• On Tuesday afternoon , at four o ' clock , a jury , which consisted of twelve of the most reS _* Ijeetable householders in Chelsea , assembled in the ibrary room attached to the Royal Hospital , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of the late distinguished general officer , Sir George Anson , G . C . B ., who died at his official residence on Sunday last . The evidence of tho domestics and medical attendants of the deceased merely disclosed the fact that death was occasioned by a severe apopletic seizure , and the coroner having stopped the inquiry , the jury unanimously returned the following verdict , " That the deceased , Sir George Anson , died suddenly , and that his death- was produced from natural causes . "

      The Late Exraosnxv is _Bbbmosbsbt . — On Tuesday the jury impanelled to inquire into the cause ofthe death of the four unfortunate beings who lost their lives by the late explosion at a fire work manufactory in Bermondsey , assembled at the King John ' s Head , near the old church , Bermondsey . The names ofthe deceased persons are George Barlow , | 4 C ; William Barling , 20 ; Jame 3 Barling , 4 years '; and Thomas Barling , 18 months . —The coroner inquired as to the state in which the four individuals were , who , at the time of their last meeting , wero lying dangerousl y ill at Gay ' s Hos-E ital ? "Sir . Slow , the summoning officer , said he ad been to the hospital to make inquiries , and he found that Mrs . Barling was still in a very dangerous state . Her son and the servant girl were now out of danger , and were progressing favourably , but would not be able to leave the hospital for

      some time yet . Mr . Barling , the maker ofthe fireworks , and the occupier ofthe house where the explosion took p lace , had recovered , and was in attendance . The inquiry was again adjourned till the 18 th of December . Rbspitb of TnE Convict Jordan —Inconsequence of communications which have passed between Mr . Justice Cresswell and the Secretary of State for the Home Department , the sentence of death passed upon Stephen Alfred Jordan , alias Dowland , for the attempted murder of Sarah Frances Ewings , at Dulwich Wood , will be respited . Jordan is only seventeen years of age , and is now confined in Horsemonger-lane Gaol . The day was not fixed for his execution . The wretched youth received the intelligence with stoical indifference , betraying no emotion of gratitude , and appearing perfectly careless as to what became of bim .

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      _Mtsibbiocs Discovert of Human Resulvs at Bikmixgiiam . —A somewhat curious discovery has been accidentally made of a human skeleton , under circumstances that certainly gives rise to suspicion of foul play . The manner in whieh the remains were discovered was this : —A number of hoys were at play in a stable situated at the back of the residence of Mr . Hathbury , 110 , Bloomsbury , and some of them proceeded to kindle a fire in . tbe grate _vjliich ¦ _waa -fixed in the building . The project was a novel one _. and they all set about it with great assiduity ; but they found that the smoke , from some cause or other , would not ascend , but , on the contrary , filled the place .

      Thinking tbat the chimney mi g ht be stopped , one of the lads procured a stick , which he thrust up , when , to their extreme alarm , a dense cloud of soot and a large black substance suddenly descended with great . violence . The boys , exceedingly frightened , r . in off , but at length some of them bolder than the others again approached the stable , and their companions following , they had the courage to examine into the cause of their alarm , and found it to be a large bag . With a very natural curiosity they determined to ascertain the contents , and having with some difficulty opened the bag , they were more terrified then ever to discover a humanskull and a vast quantity of human bones . Their alarm , however , was of short duration . They

      thought it good sport to kick about these relics of " Nature ' s nobility . " The hones were thus speedily dispersed , but their appearance in various parts of the neighbourhood induced inquiry , and the manner of their discovery and the mode in which they had been disposed of became generally known . Mr . Hathbury , who had been absent from home at the time , was on his return informed of the circumstance , and attaching some importance to it , with much consideration , collected the remains of the unknown human creature , which had been widely dispersed , and communicated the facts to the police . Subsequently the bones were submitted to the inspection of Mr . G . Porter and Mr . Watson , surgeons , and their opinion was that they wero those of a female from fourteen to twenty years of age . Meanwhile , by the direction of the coroner ,

      minute inquiries were instituted , but no information that could throw the slightest light upon the subject could be obtained from any source . _Xo person could be recollected as having been missed , or as having disappeared . The _stablS itself has not been built more than four or five years , so that the deposition of the bones must have been made , at a comparatively recent period . Mr . Hathbury has only occupied thc premises for the last nine months , and never had a fire lighted in the stable . A "Mr . Briscoe , who resided in the adjoining house for three years previously , was unconscious that the grate had ever been used . Thus the matter rests . It has not been thought necessary to hold sn inquest , and in all probability the person of wham these remains once formed a part , the manner of death , or the motives which placed them there , will never be discovered .

      _Lancashire . —Fatai . Accidest ox the Wtre Railwat . —On the 2 nd inst . a man was accidentally killed on thc Wyre line a short distance from the Maudland station , while engaged in attaching the engine to some waggons . The deceased , whose name was William Bavington , and who lived at Hindlcy , near Wigan , was a stoker on thc Ace of Tramps engine , and was engaged in hooking the engine to some waggons , near the iron bridge on the Wyre Railway , adjacent to Mr . Bashall's mill , when the smoke box caught his foot and threw him down . He contrived to scramble six or seven yards

      before the engine , but was not able to recover his footing , and as thc engine could not be stopped in timo , it passed over him , literally doubling him up between the smoke box and the ground . He was dragged from his horrible situation , and extricated from between the engine and tho tender , but was found to be dreadfully injured . Surgical assistance was sent for , and Mr . Dixon and Mr . Fearenside speedily attended upon him at the Union . Tavern , whore he had been removed , but their assistance could be of no avail , thc poor fellow being fearfully hurt . He lingered but a couple of hours .

      HEMPora _) _Couxir Gaol . —There has been a severe outbreak of Asiatic cholera in the Hertford County Gaol within the last few days , and seven deaths have taken place among the prisoners . This is the second outbreak of thc disease , nine deaths having occurred therein from its effects in the month of January . Thc verdict given by the juries of the coroner ' s inquests held on the recent cases attributed thc ravages of the epidemic to tho total want of drainage , and requested the coroner jto write to the visiting magistrates , drawing their attention to the subject . It appears that tho soil-drains connected with the gaol run into two large close cesspools , one of which is within and the other without the walls , and tbat the prisoners are exposed to

      the injurious effects of the noxious gases generated iu those cesspools . The coroner , therefore , in compliance with the wish of the jury , drew the attention ofthe visiting magistrates to these facts , and suggested that the cesspools should be done away with , and a proper system of sewerage established . As to the humanity and necessity of adopting this recommendation , there can be no doubt . At the adjourned quarter sessions , held on the 27 th ult , a proposition was made to extond thc gaol , and take in an average of forty additional prisoners . To do this , however , without adopting the requisite measures for securing the health of the prisoners , and especially without allowing the epidemic , which has extended its ravages into the debtors' side of the prison , to subside , can hardly be contemplated .

      The Deax and _CHArTEK of Exeter axd Mr . _Hooksb . —The following statement conuec ' _ol wilh tbe case of Mr . Hooker , one of the secondaries of the Exeter cathedral , has b _. _en _isstrcd by a com-

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      mittee formed to a * sut him in his dispute with the authorities of the _diocftB of Exeter : " In the year 1842 Mr . Hooker was appointed a deputy in the choir of the Exeter cathedral , which situation be continued to fill for above two years , when _a-ya _* canc y occurred in the office of secondary , to which the present organist strongly recommended Mr . Hooker , when he was accordingly promoted by the dean and clup _' er , and duly installed as second ary . A few months since a report was made to the dean _tiid chapter by the organist , to the effect that Mr . Hooker was generally inefficient as a _sinser , in consequence of which , he received a notification from the dean and chapter of their intention to dismiss him from his situation . Mr . Hooker offered to produco

      the most conclusive proof of his being quite as efficient a singer now , as when he wm appointed _secandary , which proof the dean and chapter refused to receive . Mr . Hooker has been strongfy advised ( that even admitting he were inefficient , wbich he demes ) , inefficiency is no ground for dismissal from office , lay-vickers and secondaries of the choir ofthe cathedral church of "St . Peter at Exeter being recognised as formin ? part of the ecclesiastics belonging to the said cathedral , and th ? secondaries , called clerks or clergy of the second form , for up wards of 500 years , as appears by various statutes of tbe bishops of the diocese of Exeter . He contends that Ws office is a freehold , of which he cannot be deprived , except on the ground of _misconducts This

      yiew of tbe case is confirmed by Dr . Addams , whose opinion has been taken , and also by the fact that secondaries have , from general custom , continued to hold their office , when age and other circumstances have rendered them incapable of performing its duties , and he , therefore , on the 27 th of September last , as advised by Dr . Addams , refpectfully entered his protest against his removal from his office by the dean and chapter , denying that he had given cause for his removal , either from non-efficiency or misconduct , and continued to occupy his stall , and perform the duties of his office until the 22 nd of October , when he was forcibly ejected from it . The dean and chapter have offered Mr . Hooker _testimonial of his general eond character , and attention to his duties ,

      thereby admitting they have no complaint against him on this hand . Mr . Hooker has been strongly advised by all it ' s friends to contest the point with the dean and chapter , but is not in a situation to pay the expenses , which litigation with such a powerful body will necessarily entail upon him . In order to enable him to try the question , it will be necessary to apply for a mandamus from the Court of Queen ' s Bench , calling on the chapter to show cause why they eject him from his office . A committee has been formed to raise subscriptions for the purpose of defraying the necessary and legal expenses . " Attempt to Muraim at Durham . —The name of the sufferer in this case is Hugh Maley , an Irishman , who had been stopping for three or four days at a

      common lodging house , kept by a woman named _Rtchar Json . situate in a court in Claypath , in Durham . On Saturday evening last Maley and a man named John Sime , a gardener , who is son-in-law of Richardson , ill-used some of the women lodging in the house , and was remonstrated with by Maley , and others ; whereupon he challenged Maley , or any of the others , to fight hira , saying he was ready for either Englishman or Irishman . He laid hold of Maley , and a scuffle ensued , in the course of which Maley was got down upon a bed . He succeeded in setting up , and the parties atruegling further , until Sime got Maley down on another bed . During the struggle Sime ' s wife entered , and shouted to her

      husband to np the — _s guts out" and whether acting on this exhortation or the deed had been previously done , is not clear ; but Sime was observed to take something out of a pocket of his jacket and stab Maley in the abd omen in two places , from both ofwhich the bowels protruded . Assistance was obtained , and the unfortunate man was conveyed to the union house , where medical aid was speedily afforded him , hut very faint hopes ate entertained 6 f his recovery . As soon as the deed had been perpetrated Sime ran out of the house and fled , but he returned in the course ofthe day , and was apprehended by the police . Maley _' s deposition was formally taken on Sundav last .

      Suicide trom Jbaioust . —On the 30 th ult ., an inquest was held before Thomas Adams Russell , Esq ., coroner at Earsdon , in the parish of Bothal , on the body of Eleanor Aynsley , a young woman about 23 years of age , whose parents have lived in the village upwards of fifty years . Tho deceased had been in tho service of Mrs . Hume , of Tritlington Broom , near Earsdon , about four years and a naif , and was a faithful and diligent servant .. Mrs , Hume had been from home on Sunday , and on her return in the evening observed thc deceased to be much depressed in spirits . On the following morning she was called at four o ' clock , having to be engaged in washing ; half an hour afterwards she left the house , and not returning , liCT mistress

      became alarmed , and immediatly sent servants in search of her . Her body was found about eight o ' clock the same morning in Earsdon Burn , Vying in about two feet depth of water , and on being taken out in the presence of her mother , was found to be quite dead . Her bonnet was found lying on the side of tho stream , inside of which was found a letter addressed to her parents , of which the following is a copy ; " Dear Father and Mother , I bid farewell to you all , for my heart is broken , and I must die , and Wm . Atkinson is thc case ( cause ) of this ; give my kind love to him , and I hope he -will sometimes think of me , and I hope God will forgive me for all my wicked sins . —Ellen Aynsley . " It appeared , in evidence , that a young man named William Atkinson , belonging to the village of

      Earsdon , had for some time previous been paying his addresses to her , but reports of his attention to a rival had reached her ears , and had so excited her as to cause the unfortunate girl to take away her own life . Verdict—'' Temporary mental derangement . " _"WoucESTERsniw .. —Cinu > _Kimxd w _AdMIKISIkh . ma _Lacuamtm . —Last week Mr . W . S . P . Hughes held an inquest at the Swan Inn , Whittington , on the body of an infant , only seven weeks old , named Mary Ann Wilkins , the daughter of labouring people living in that parish . On Monday the mother was going out to wash , and therefore left the child in the cave of the neighbour ' s daughter , but as it bad been very restless the day before , and she feared that its nurse would not he able to keep

      it quiet , she put into the boiled bread and water wbich had been prepared as its food four drops of laudanum from a large bottle which had been procured from the shop of Messrs . Lea and Pen-ins , as medicine for the husband , who was taking it under the prescription of Mr . Walsh . She said her sole object inputting tho drops into the food was to keep the child quiet , and though the word " poison" was labelled upon the bottle , yet she professed not to know that laudanum was poisonous , or even a dangerous drug . About eleven o'clock tha child was brought to her to suckle , and it then _, seemed drowsy , and did not suckle properly . In the evening when she returned home she found tho child in a state of stupor , and becoming alarmed ,

      she brought it to Worcester , and took it to a druggist ; he referred her to : v medical man , and she called upon Mr . Walter Jones , surgeon , Collegeyard , who however found that he could do nothing to save the child , and it died the next moiing . The mother ' s general conduct seemed entirely to free her from suspicion of having had any improper motive in the administration ofthe laudanum , and the jury in their verdict so far exculpated her , while they blamed her for administering so deadly a drug at all without proper medical advice . Thk Birmisguam Cattle Show . —The ground in Lower Essex-street , intended fot the Cattle show next month , is being rapidly enclosed , under the superintendence of Mr . Samuel Brigg > . The main

      _building will be 320 feet long , and 100 feet wide , with several subdivisions ; ihe chief one being a partition seven feet high , along the whole length of tbe shed , intended for the accommodation of one hundred fat cattle standing head to head on both sides of the partition . There will likewise be portions assigned for the store beasts , fat pigs , and sheep , and a separate location for store pigs , 100 feet long and 15 feet wide . The compartment _allotted to the poultry is 150 long and 25 feet wide ; it will be _partitioned off from the cattle , and have a boarded floor . Thearea willbe surmounted with a roof in one span , with a cupola running the whole length ofthe building , six feet above the roof , for light and ventilation , and there will also be thirty-eight large sky lights in the roof . In addition to these' offices have been assigned for the committee and _sectary , with

      store-rooms for meal , straw , & c . The building will be lighted throughout with gas . Mr . Ottlev , of Snow . jnll , is preparing medals for the prizes ; and it should be borne in mind by intending exhibitors that all entries must bemade on or before the 17 inst . Disturbances in Wakefield . — On Monday night a serious disturbance took place ill Wakefield arising out of the determination of tbe authorities to put a stop to the 5 th of November demonstrations . It appears that the custom has been , for a century past , to _celebrate tho anniversary of the gunpowder plot hy bonfires , in the Bull-ring , a triangular space in front ofthe Stratford Arms Hotel ; but this year it was resolved to put tbem down . _Accordingly at seven o ' clock , the whole of the police force were marched into the Bull-ring , and kept it clear . Thc m / b , however , assembled iu Cross-square , where

      they Kindled an immense bonfire Here they ignited a tar-barrel , and rolled it through into the Bull-ring amongst the police , and the barrel was followed by a great crowd of persons . Two of the foremost of these wore seized bv thc police nnd a crvof rescue was instantly raise ! Immediately the police were beset on all _sules and the men rescued after some sharp fighting . Some of the _refers however , were in tarn seized ; the whole " of the police surrounding them , marched off in the direction _ofthepolutt-office Opposite the _Court-KS panned by the mob they baited , formed , Sd C their staves . W « ot a most serious' _natareT dZS _« s _™ f . bncks _, and _mis-iles of all descriplons were hurled upon the officers like -i storm of ha 1 . Oneof them ' was . _knocS down insensible , and several others struck severely ; lid in

      Mtsibbiocs Discovert Of Human Resulvs At...

      the end , so imminent was their danger , that it was deemed prudent to beat a precipitate retreat . The mob followed until the police reached the station , and then nearly alt of them returned to the fire . But it was found that many of the _riotars had heen severely injured , one man having had his arm broken , and many others had serious wounds upon their heads and faces . A person in the crowd , said to be a _poiice-spy , was bru _' ally beaten , and had he not found refuge in the Boy and Barrel Inn , he would in all probability have been murdered . About eleven o'clock the Mayor ( G . W . Harrison , Esq ., ) bucked by the whole police force of the borough—intelligence having been received that the mob had partially dispersed— -marched to the Bull-ring , to put out thehre ; but before they could succeed , the police had been again stoned , the mayor had had his hat knocked off , and been injured by stones , and the chief constable had been knocked down and trampled on . Order , howeverwas eventually restored by midnight .

      , The Third _Drmjook _Guards . —Nottingham Tuesday . —This day , a court-martial was held at the cavalry barracks , near Nottingham , upon three of the worst offenders connected with the late insubordination . The proceedings were of a much more interesting character than any that transpired at the courts-martial last week . The prisoner at present under examination is Private Robert Knox , charged with breaking out of barracks when confined thereto , and with insubordinate conduct in raising his hand , having in it a large stone , and using threatening

      language towards Sergeant-Major Davis . The evidence is ordered net to be published until the proceedings shall bave terminated . It will be remembered that Knox was actively engaged in the _ant * y that took place on the first night of the insubordination , and that he was drinking with some others at the Gate public-house , Walnut-tree-lane , when Ser * geant-Major Davis and a party of his men entered . A scuffle ensued , and the delinquents got away , but Knox and two others were captured the same evening . Mr . John Bowley , solicitor , is engaged for the , prisoners . Great interest is excited , and the court was crowded throughout the day .

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      Tns Plantation Scheme.—To Those Who Were...

      Tns Plantation Scheme . —To those who were favourable to the project of the reclamation of Conn / iughtbythe introduction of English settlers and English capital , to replace the present race of impoverished proprietors , the all but total tailuro of the attempt to dispose of the Martin estatesin Calwavhas proved a " heavy blow and great _discouragement . " Persons having an intimate

      acquaintance with the nature ot tho property , its advantages and disadvantages , are _decidedly of opinion that many of the lots already sold , particularly the town lands near Galway , would have realised far higher prices had the sale taken place in Ireland distance , and the hopelessness of competing with English capital , having combined to deter Irish speculators from embarking in tho enterprise . Be this as it may , the idea of the plantation scheme dating its commencement from the transfer of the region of Connemara into the hands of London companies is now blown off .

      Tins Iwsn Landlord Movement . — The Limerick _Cnronicle gives the following particulars relative to the movement recently got up by Lord Monfceagle and other landed proprietors in the south of Ireland : " The preliminary meeting , at which LordMonteaglo presided , came to tho resolution of appointing subcommittees of inquiry in every pariah , to report direct to a baronial committee upon the actual state ofthe landlords and farmers under the operation of poor-law tax , county cess , and rent , the aggregate charges amounting , it is certain , in many instances , at the present reduced price of farming produce , to the lee simple value of land itself , and in some cases exeeding that standard . There must also be taken into account tbe dire domestic

      privations endured for the last three years of famine , tho general flight of tenants with the landlords' rent , the desertion of tho land , impoverished to the last degree by the runaways , yet for whose dishonesty and abuse of solemn contract the unfortunato proprietor is held responsible , tho abandoned farms being still subject to accumulation of poor , rate and taxes . Then comes the distraint , the impounding , the sale and sacrifices of property ; while the home market , swamped by free trade with foreigners , has left landlord and farmer no help or resource whatever to bear up against the intolerable oppression of financial burdens sanctioned by law under the free constitution of Great Britian . One case ' continues the Limerick paper ) of

      grievous suffering by a respectacle family in this county , was communicated to the preparatory meeting on Saturday last by one of the gentlemen p esent . The possessor of a rent roll of £ 1 , 500 a year , landed estate , which netted £ 1 , 200 annually four years ago , was absolutely compelled to subsist with his wife and seven children for three months of the past twelve , without the ordinary comfort of a meat dinner , a cup of weak tea or coffee , and the vegetables of the kitchen garden , commonly furnishing the table of this most wretched household . Incredible and appalling as this may appear , wo have been assured it is not a solitary instance ofthe excessive want and privation known to exist . When the district committees shall have completed their important local inquiries , the entire mass of

      facts will , he submitted to a central committee , who undertake thc duty of making a concise digest ofthe painful evidence , to he laid before his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the First Lord of the Treasury , by a deputation of the members of both bouses , who represent this county in the imperal parliament . Then shall wc ascertain if her Majesty ' s ministers and the British people can persist in a course of legislative policy towards this miserable country , at variance with the plainest principles of humanity and justice , by enforcing a code of taxation the most persecuting and oppressive of any yet imposed upon the poorest nation in the world , and the inevitable consequences of wbich must be universal bankruptcy and beggary for Irishmen .

      Repeal Association . —Tho Repeal Association met as usual on Monday , at Conciliation Hall . The attendance was scanty ; Mr . Michael Murphy presidod . Mr . John O'Conneil handed in £ 2 , the renewed subscription of the Right Rev . Dr . O'Higgins , Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh , and called attention to a letter of the Most Rev . Dr . M'Hale . He then praised the speech recently delivered by Count _Montalcmbert in the French Assembly ; accused tho revolutionary leaders throughout the Continent of cowardice , incapacity , and ferocious conduct , and concluded by moving the insertion

      upon the minutes of tbe letter of Dr . M'Hale , and the speech of Count Montalemberfc . Mr . O'Conneil then handed in £ 10 from Mr . _Ousoley Higgins , enclosed in a letter written from London . Alderman M'Loughlin next addressed the meeting , in handing in his subscription . Mr . O'Conneil then brought up a report on the subject of the Protestant Church temporalities , and said that that insult to tho Irish people—the Protestant Church—must come down ; and next proceeded with the speech of the day , which ho concluded by saying they would have repeal . The rent for the week was announced to be £ 30 Cs . 3 d .

      The FfFTH of November . —It seems by the following statement , furnished by the reporter ot tbe Northern Whig , that but for the measures taken by government , aided by the good sense of some of the " leaders" of tlie Orange party , a collision between the factions was almost a matter of certainty , and the 5 th of November would have witnessed a second edition of the monstrosities of the 12 th of July : — " The apprehensions entertained of disturbance arising from Orange processions in the county of Down on the 5 tU of November have , I am happy to say , turned out to be groundless . I travelled through between sixty and seventy miles of that county yesterday , and found everywhere peace and quietness . On arriving at Ballytiabinch , I learned tbat the

      Orange grand and deputy grand masters of tbe county had assembled there on Wednesday , Oct . 31 , and resolved that no procession should take place . I found that the government had here made preparations for any emergency that might arise , and had stationed in the town a troop of the 13 th L _\? _bt Dragoons , two companies of tbe 13 tb Light Infantry , and a sub-inspector , a head constable , and thirty police from the county of Dublin . The Orangemen had originally intended to walk to a place called Dunraore , a townland about three miles from Ballynabinch _, and adjoining a mountain district which is almost exclusively inhabited by Roman Catholics ; but , in consequence of the resolution entered into by the 'masters , ' they resolved on celebrating thc anniversary by meeting in their _lod «>

      -ro ms . I arrived at Castlewellm about eleven o ' clock , and , Monday being the market-day , was surprised to find the square almost deserted . Here I learned that if the Orangemen attempted to go in procession over Dolly ' s Brae , that the Ribandmen were determined to meet them and oppose their progress . Happily , the Orangemen did not walk in this quarter , and in consequence the Ribandmen were not' called out . ' I went myself over Dolly's Brae , and did not sec the slightest symptom of preparation on the pirt of the inhabitants of that district . At Castlewellan there were stationed a troop of tbe 13 th Light Dragoonsand two companies of the Oth Regiment , together with a sub-inspector , a head-constable , and fifty police . During the day patrols of police were sent out of the different roads leading from the town , but were it not for Hm

      _^ » ¦!? _???* l l 6 ht aswe 11 have been in _tanad .. r M iJ u _^ , Itound therc " ve _* 'e stationed a _trfiip oi tuo uth Light Dragoons , two companies of tbe oath Regiment , about sixty police , all under orders to be ready at a moment ' s notice ; but , happily , up to the _t-me I left , their services had not been required , nor trom the appearance of things do I imagine they have been . _AtlHUtown there were stationed a troop of the 17 th _Liiucers _, a company of the oath UcErnient , ami a head-constable , and thirty policemen . _ Here , as in the forementioned places , no procession tooi place , and peace and good order prevailed . °

      The Attempted Parricide At Ciiis Wick. H...

      THE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CIIIS WICK . Henry _Baihurst Monkhouse , the young man charged with having attempted to murder his father by firing pistols at him , was finally examined at the Hammersmith Police Court , on Tuesday . While his father was giving his evidence the prisoner turned hi _< " eyes away from hira , as if he was anxious to avoid a recognition , but the father

      closely scrutinised the exterior of his son with a melancholy expression of countenance . The prisoner paid great attention to the evidence as it went on , and cast occasional glances at the bullet and neck tie when they were produced by the medicsl ¦ w itness and laid on the table before the magistrate . The centre of the tie was smeared with blood , and slightly singed in the part where the bullet bad passed through _.

      William Anderson , the driver of the cab No . 815 , was the first witness examined : He stated that he resided at No . 2 , Size-yard , "Whitechapel . On Thursday evening tbe 4 th of October last , between seven and eight o ' clock , he was on the rank in tbe Minories , when tbe prisoner came up and engaged him to Chiswick for 14 s . The prisoner did not apprar quite sober . They went into a publichouse together opposite the stand , and the prisoner entered the parlour . After witness had partaken of a glass of rum , which the prisoner had ordered lor hira , he went into the parlour , where he saw the prisoner with his hand on some silver , which was

      lying on the table , which made hira observe to the landlady , " He seems to have a good deal of money about him . " They then proceeded on tbe journey , and on the way they looked in at several publichouses on tbe road . They called at the White Horse , in High-street , Knightsbridge , where the prisoner appeared to be known , and where tbey had some drink . The prisoner said something to a female at the bar about giving her some rent , and having left his handkerchief with her as a pledge tbat he was in earnest about bringing the rent , they resumed their journey , still stopping at public-houses on the way , and drinking at each .

      When they came to the Black Lion , in Black Lionlane , they stopped again . The prisoner spoke to ihe landlady who seemed to know him , and witness had something to drink , but did not see tbe prisoner have any . It was brandy they bad . The prisoner then got up on the box of the cab and directed witness where to drive to , and when they came to Mr . Monkhouse ' _s residence the prisoner requested witness to get down , ring tbe bell , and ask if Mr . Monkhouse was at home . If he was , witness was to say there was a gentleman from London at the gate who wished to see him . Witness did as he was told and a female answered the

      door . He asked if Mr . Monkhouse was at home , and she said " Yes , " when he told her there was a gentleman from town who wished to speak to bim . The female closed tbe gate , and after being absent for a few minutes , she returned , when the prisoner came up and rushed past ber , disregarding her statement that he must send in his same , observing , " I will go in and see bim myself . " The prisoner then went in and closed the gate after him , and witness returned to his cab . Shortly afterwards be heard a report of firearms , and the prisoner then joined him in the cab , directing him to drive on . Witness asked him " What was that noise I beard , '' and he said , smilingly , M Oh , that ' s nothing , * " or words to tbe effect ol " that ' s not here . " Witness then drove to a public-house in the main road , and

      there asked the prisoner to settle witb him , when he said he wanted to go to Ealing . Witness replied tbat be could not go , as it was bis time borne . The prisoner said , " You must go ; aud I will give yon a sovereign altogether . " Witness ultimately agreed to go , and took him to the Bell , at Ealing , where they had some more brandy ; and then , at the prisoner ' s request , witness drove bim to a bouse up the lane , where witness believed the prisoner ' s brother resided . The prisoner rung the bell several tiroes , but , receiving no answer , they returned to the public-house , and he asked the landlord to give witness a sovereign . The landlord refused ; and , while they were talking about the fare , the constable came up and took him into custodv .

      Elizabeth Barnes , housemaid in the service Oi Mr . John Farmer Monkhouse , the gentleman shot at , was the next witness examined : She stated that she knew the prisoner , who was the second son of her master . On Thursday night , the 4 th of October last , about 10 o ' clock , she heard a ring at her master ' s gate bell , when she went out and saw the last witness , who atked if Mr . Monkhouse was at home . She replied , " yes " and asked the cabman his name . He said , " Here ' s a gentleman from town want ' s to see him . " She left the man at the gate , closed" it , and as she approached tbe house , which was about five or six yards from the

      gate , she saw her master standing on thethreshold . She told bim there was a gentleman from town wished to see him , and he told her to go and ask his name . She went back , opened the gate , and asked the cabman the gentleman ' s name . The cabman hesitated a moment or so , and all at once the prisoner rushed forward from the side of the cabman , nearly knocking ber down , and said : « " I am a _Munkbouse , and I will speak to him . " He rushed forward to the house , and she immediately afterwards heard two reports

      as of fi . ce . -a « _as . She saw two flashes and smoke close to her master . At the first shot she observed her master fall , and at the second shot the prisoner returned , and saying " There I" bounded past her , and ran out of the premises . She ran into the house , where she saw ber master crawling on his hands aud knees towards the parlour with blood upon his throat . She and her mistress assisted him into the parlour . He was afterwards removed to a bedroom , and then Mr . Perfect , a surgeon , was _sent for . About a week before the prisoner was at her master ' s house , and she beard him sav to her

      master , stamping his foot upon the ground , " This is tbe last time 1 will ever cross the threshold ot your door . " John Farmer Monkhouse , of Chiswick-mall _, Chiswick , gentleman , the father of the prisoner , deposed as follows : The prisoner is my son . On Thursday night , the 4 th of October , about ten o ' clock , I heard a ring at my gate bell . I went to the front door when the maid went to the gate , and I heard a man say , " A gentleman frora London wishes to see Mr . Monkhouse . " Immediately after I heard my son ( the prisoner ) say , "I am a Monkhouse , " and he rushed up to where I was standing and shot me . I fell and heard a second shot . It was so momentary that I did not observe anything particular . It was previous to my falling that I heard the two shots .

      Mr . Thomas William Camberlain Perfect , the medical gentleman who was called in to see Mr . Monkhouse after be was shot , stated that he found that gentleman vomitin g blood , and ordered him to be immediately put to bed . Upon examining the ncck , he found that a ball bad passed through his neck-tie , and perforated the flesh , passing bv the thyroid cartilage of the neck , at the centre of the most projecting point of the windpipe . It did not penetrate the air tube , but wounding the gullet , striking against the cervical vertebra , and descending between the external and internal carotid arteries , it came out at the back of the neck , and lodged in the shirt collar . He produced the bullet , together with the collar and stock which Mr . Monkhouse wore at the time .

      Henry Reason , one of the mounted police , T 247 , deposed to having received information on the night in question of Mr . Monkhouse having been shot at , and to tracing the cab to the Bell Inn at Ealing . He there saw the prisoner , and asked him if his name was not Monkhouse . The prisoner told him that it was not ; but witness told him that he answered the description of the person he was after , and he must go with him . Witness then took hira to the Ealing po'iee _* _statiOM , where he searched him and found the barrel of a pistol in his right hand coat pocket , and the stock in the left hand pocket , together with eight bullets and about thirteen capsall of which

      , he now produced . There was some loose powder ' in the inside pocket of his great coat . He examined the pistol , and found that it had been recently discharged ; and while doing so , tbe prisoner observed , " If I had a brace of loaded pistols , I would blow my own brains out . " He then took him to tbe Hammersmith police-station . On the Sunday night following , from information he received , he went to Mr . Williams , at Ealing , the landlord of the publichouse , and there received a powder flask containing gunpowder , and a second pistol , both of which he also produced . The pistol appeared to have been recently fired .

      Mr . William Williams , the landlord of the Bell Inn at Ealing , stated that he knew the prisoner by sight , and recollected his coining to his house on Thursday night , the _* th of October , lie ca » e into witness ' s kitchen between 8 and 9 o ' clock , where witness was _snting , and took from his pockets , two pistols and a small packet of powder , which he laid on a table . Witness took them up aud placed them in a drawer , At that moment some person

      The Attempted Parricide At Ciiis Wick. H...

      called from the bar , and witness went tn _~^ the call . When he _retwrned to the kit _^ _^ prisoner had a pistol in his hand , and he said t \ _- _** "Do not take these things from the draweraeai _T- is very improper to have such tilings in a r j At that moment he was called to the bar _" ' and in going there he met the officer Reason _^"" i _**' passage . The officer said : "Will yoii allow Z _> go into Ihe kitchen ? " and _heiepViea , ' _' Cerj i by all means . " The officer then went in and a ted the prisoner . On the Sunday followin _g " , ?" officer called again , and he handed to him the sec t pistol and packet of powder , which had already k ! produced . * Mr . Edward _Hal / brd , surgeon , of Hampetsait _'

      _, the medical attendant of Mr . Monkhouse ' s fltB ; i stated that on the 4 th of October , late in the _evenjl ' he was called in to see Mr . Monkhouse . He _^ _Jl him suffering from a wound in the neck , _vrhich seemed to bave been produced by a pistol shot . u « continued to attend him , and for about a fortni ght Mr . M onkhouse was in imminent danger . t \< s wound was now healed , but Mr . Monk house waa not yet perfectly recovered .

      This was the case against the prisoner . —jf , Beadon then asked the prisoner if he had anything to say , now that he had heard all tbe evidence _against bim , giving him the usual caution , that lie was not bound to say anything unless he choose , but tbat if he did it weuld be taken down in writing , and mi ght be used against him on the triaL—The prison _^ made no reply , hut it was intimated tbat he would reserve his defence till the trial . —The prisoner was then fully committed to take bis trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions .

      Mm I Terrible Sufferings At Sea. I (From...

      mm I TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA . I ( From tbe * New Bedford ( Mass . ) Mercury ' 1 October 17 th . ) We have received letters from Captain Hosmer , late master of the whaling bark Janet , of _Westport , furnishing an account of the privations and suffer _, ings of a boat ' s crew belenging to the Janet , comprising the captain and rive others , which is almost without parallel in the annals of whale fishery . It is substantially as follows : —On the coast of Peru , 23 rd June , 1849 , in latitude three degrees K ., longitude 104 W ., while cruising for whales , a shoal of sperm whales appeared in sight from the

      Janet , and three boats lowered in pursuit . _Captaia Hosmer's boat ' s crew consisted of himself , Francis Hawkins , third mate , Edward H . Charlez , Joseph Cortez , Daniel Thompson , and James Fairman , seamen . It blowing fresh at the time , the boats soon separated , each having made fast to a whale . After Captain Hosmer had succeeded in ' turning up' bis whale , and was towing bim to the ship , from some inadvertence on the part of the third mate in put . ting about , the boat capsized , - with loss of boat keg , lantern keg , boat bucket , compass , paddles , & c . The crew succeeded in righting the boat , and lashed the oars to the thwarts across tbe boat , to

      prevent her from overturning , she being filled with water , and the sea continually breaking over her . Two waifs , or flags , were immediately set as a signal of distress , the other two boats being in sight at a distance of about one and half miles . Captain Hosmer saw the other two boats take their whales alongside the barque , which was then kept off in tbe direction for his boat ; but , to his surprise and hornr , when within abont one mile ot him , ihey kept off on another course until sundown . The crew of the captain ' s boat then got on to the whale

      alongside , and tried to bail the boat , but could not succeed . They then cut the line attached to the whale , and succeeded in setting some pieces of the boat sail , and steered towards the barque then about three miles distant . During the night , they saw a light at intervals , but in the morning the barque was about tbe same distance off . Every expedient was resorted to , by making signals , to attract tbe attentiea of those on board tbe barque , but in vain . Saw them cutting in the whales , and apparently indifferent to the fate of their comrades . In this

      perilous condition the unfortunate boat's crew made another attempt to bail the water from the boat , but , owing to their _consternation , they did not succeed . They then continued on their course ? S before , hoping to regain tbe barque , but soon found that she receded from tbem , and it was then deter * mined to put about to the wind , and remain , whatever the consequences might be . On the seceod morning , the weather being more favourable , and the whale craft was thrown overboard , and another attempt was made to bail the boat , which resulted in the loss of one man , without accomplishing the purpose . The effort was again renewed in the

      afternoon , the weather being yet more favourable , and they finally succeeded in freeing the boat from _, water , but with the loss of another of her crew , all on board having been up to their arras in the water during the la 3 t forty-eight hours . Two of the survivors were seized with delirium , all of them having been without a morsel of food or drink , and suffering painfully from thirst . Thus disabled , no one on board being able to ply at the oars , and with only a small fragment of the boat's sail remaining , it was determined to make for _COCUS Island , on tha Peruvian coast , a distance o £ about one thousand miles , as the nearest land . Ac .

      _cordingly , the piece of sail was used to the best advantage , aud the ceiling of the boat was torn up aud also employed as a wind propeller , steering in a north-easterly direction . Captain Hosmer writes that nothing occurred worthy remark until the seventh day , the crew having in the mean time been without a particle of food or drink , and not a drop of rain having fallen . In this dreadful state of suffering , it was mutually agreed to cast lots as to which of the number should be sacrificed to prolong the lives of his companions ; and tbe unfortunate victim upon whom the lot fell met his fate with perfect n signation and willingness . At the close of the day a shower of rain proved a very great additional relief . Being without compass or instruments of any kind , Capt . H . was compelled to rely

      entirely upon his judgment respecting his course , aided only by an occasional glimpse of the North Star , and the rolling swell of the sea from the south . On the eighth day another of the number died from exhaustion . It was found _necessary to pursue a more northerly course , in the hope of rain , none having fallen during the last four days . On the next day they were favoured with another shower , and this benefaction was followed by the remarkable circumstance of a dolphin leaping from among its finny companions directly into the boat . Several birds also approached so near to the boat as to fall a prey to the necessities of the crew , administering greatly to their relief , On the 13 tl \ of July , land was discovered in an easterly direction , ' which proved to be _Cocns island ( uninhabited ) , lving in lat . 5 deg . 27 min . N ., Ion . 37 . 55 .

      Captain H . and the other survivors succeeded in i reaching it , but in an almost helpless condition _i They , however , secured a pig , and drank its blood . . which revived their exhausted strength , and also ob- - tained a plentiful supply of birds and fresh water , r , After remaining two days upon the island , they were e overjoyed by witnessing the approach of a boat , t _, which proved to belong to the ship Leonidas whale r , r , Captain Swift , of this port , then lying in Chatham iu

      Bay , for the purpose of procuring wood and water , _; r , and were relieved from their dreadful sufferings by by heing taken on board tbe ship , and treated with th every possible attention and kindness . The names _ies of those who perished on board the boat , are tre Francis __ Hawkins , third mate , of Augusta , Me ; . e ; James Fairman , seaman , of Ohio ; Henry _^ _Thompsoiiron _, seaman Philadelphia , Pa ; Henry Charlez , place ace of residence unknown .

      Captain Hosmer arrived at Paytn , August 21 at , lat ,, from which place his letter to us is dated . We haveiaves a _' so been favoured with an extract of a letter fronironn James A . Crowell , latefirst mate of the Janet , K _M Henry Wilcox , owner ' s agent , in Westharo , dated a'd all Payta , August 1 st . Mr . Crowell , after _mentioninjDinjg the fact of the three boats putting off for whales ; a _> s ; am above stated , adds : — "At three p . m . I had »! »!' whale alongside , and soon the ship came to me ; am anm when 1 got on board , there was but one boat * uat " nil sight , and that was five miles to tbe leeward of tbf tbi > ship . I went down to it with the ship , and _founfonnn that it was the second mate ' s boat . He had see seee

      captain Hosmer two hours previously , fast to to whale , and went to the leeward of bim when Ia n laa seen frora his boat . We proceeded in the directwt ; ct '' ' ' in which the captain ' s boat had been last seen , ai « , am ay to all ni ght with all sails set , and with all odl od lights fixed . In the morning saw nothing of t 0 f tt boat . We cruised three days , but _unfortuiiatunatdi without meeting any trace of her . In tbe mei mew time four of our hands were sick from fatigue , aue , aa we were under the necessity of making the lies' lies ' our way to this port ( Payta . ) Wb had taken ' en U barrels of oiHor the last ten days previously , lly , i : lost 200 barrels during the same time by losing libg lhii f expect the captain ' s boat was taken down by a by a 11

      line , as he had a new line in his boat , coiled ! iled days previous to the accident . We saved ed whale the day the accident happened .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 10, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10111849/page/6/