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      6 The Northern Star. ^ __ _ October 19? ...

      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . _^ ___ _ October 19 ? 1850 _^ _^

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      Health Of Liosdox Dcrtsg The Week.—Ill T...

      HEALTH OF _LiOSDOX DcRtSG THE WEEK . —Ill the -week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 839 . ' Taking for comparison the ten weeks of 1 S 40-9 , it appears that the lowest number occurred in the corresponding week of 1845 , and was " 756 , the highest , in that of 1849 , when it wa 3 1 , 075 ; the average of- the ten -seeks is 925 , which , if augmented in the . ratio of assumed increase of population , becomes 1 , 009 . This bst number exhibits a high average mortality for autumn , and places the present state of the public health in an advantageous point of view . The deaths from the epidemic class of diseases were last week 207 ; in three previous years ( 1 S 47-9 Ji taking the same week in each , the deaths from epidemics

      were _respectively 327 , MS , and 372 . But it is an important fact to be observed that the present decrease of mortality is almost entirely confined to the juvenile _* partof the population ; in no _f _«^ ° » f J Veekof the previous ten years have _theidiahsot young persons under , ten years beeni so . few as in last _^ eek _. for the lowest number , which occurred in 3841 . was 390 , a .. d the highest , which occurred m 1848 . was 531 . "Whence it appears , further , that whilst the rate of mortality now prevailing , approaches the average amongst persons of middle age , ft actually exceeds the average wr . h sexagenarians and others at an advanced period of life . The diseases which a ttack the young , small-pox , measles , scarlatina , and hooping cough , prevail much lesH

      filially tban usual . Fever , however , seems to increase : last week it carried of 55 persons ; in the previous week the number was f niy 30 . and the average is about 40 . Tour of the cases now registered occurred in the London Fever Hospital . Diarrhtaa and dysentery were fatal in 57 cases , which rather exceeds the average . The only instance in -which cholera is mentioned , is recorded in the following terms : —In Bethnal Green , Hackney-road sub-district , at 23 , Anti ' s-place , on the lOihf October , tbe widow of a sergeant in thc army , aged 81 years , died from bilious calculi in the gallbladder causing diarrhoea and cholera . ( Inquest . ) A woman of 60 years had been brought from Edward-street , Barnsbury-road , to St . George ' s

      Hospital , died on the 12 th September of " fever from want and exposure ( six weeks ) erysipelas ( three days" ) Four deaths are ascribed to purpura ,, an unusual number for this disease . The births during tbe week numbered 1 , 369 . At the "Royal observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Saturday ; the mean of the week was 29-738 . The mean reading of the thermometer in the shade was 43 * 3 in ., showing a further fall on previous weeks , and a temperature rather lower than the average of . the same week in seven years . The temperature fell towards the end of the week . The wind , which Was generally in the S . W . in the early part of the week , blew from the _fX . and "N . _N . W . on the last three days .

      Fatal Accident _iboji Alleged Negligence . — On Saturday last Mr .. II . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital , on Owen M ' Carthy , a labourer , aged thirty-five . Deceased waa employed at the new buildings in Oxford-street , and while ascending with a hod of bricks a very lofty ladder , one of the rounds gave way , and he was precipitated to the ground . All the ribs of his right side , with the exception of two , and his pelvis and spine were fractured . The poor fellow was earned in an insensible state to the hospital , where he died on the 10 th inst . —Dennis Carter , a fellow"workman of deceased ' s , stated that the ladder was forty feet high , and that , although the men knew that itwas unsafe , they were compelled to go up it ,

      as work was pressing , and they had the option to go np it or go away . Deceased nearly reached the top of the ladder , when the rounds , which -were rotten , snapped , and he fell . The _dny after the accident , the men struck , and a new ladder was obliged to begot . The rounds of the old one sprang under the men ' s feet as they ascended . It was an unsafe ladder . —Mr . Williams , builder , Hampstead-road , and contractor for the work ? , stated tbat he had , on the day in question , mounted the ladder several times , and that , according to his orders , Mr . Rogers , the foreman , had examined all the ladders , which he pronounced safe . The round produced , which gave way under deceased , although made of oak , and only five years old , was rotten .

      The jury here stopped the inquiry , and went to examine the ladder , in which they found several unsafe zounds ; upon which they adjourned the inquest , that Mr . Rogers might appear before them , which they were most particularly anxious for , as , from what they had heard and seen , they were inclined io suspect that the accident arose - from neglect io some quarter , the ladder being wholly unfit for use . "When after much conflicting evidence , the jury returned the following verdict , " Accidental Death . But the jury are of opinion that the ladder is rotten and not lit for use , and that it was highly wrong to allow the men to work on it . And they are further of opinion that it should be broken up and destroyed . " Mr . "Williams promised to break up the ladder .

      Fatal _Collision . —On Sunday morning , about two o ' elock _. -the sailing barge , Emma Clay , belonging to Mr . Meredith , potato merchant , of Hillyer ' s wharf , Shadwell , was lying at anchor off _JTorthfleet , wailing the turn of the . tide , when an apprentice who was Keeping watch observed a brig , apparently a collier , bearing down , lie hailed her , but finding they did not heed him , he ran aft and called down the companion to rouse _Morris the Master ; bnt he had scarce done so ; when the brig came stem on , striking the barge on the larboard quarter . The appientice cut the boat ' s painter and jumped in , and had hardly shoved off , when tbe barge went down with Morris , his wife , aud child . Morris , howerer , almost instantly came to the surface , and was rescued by the apprentice . Mrs . Morris , and her infant , four months old , perished . It was a clear , starlight night . Whether those on board the brig were aware or not of the amount of mischief they occasioned , they held on their course .

      Fatal Accident at Lord Palxiebston ' s . —An accident , by -which a man thirty-five years of age waa instanteously killed occurred on Monday , at the mansion belonging toXord Palmerston , in Carltongardens . A number of men hare been employed for some time past in painting and decorating his lord ship ' s residence , and , amongst the number was a married man , named William Abbot Cook , who , on Tuesday night , missing his hold ofthe scaffold or framework on wbich he was standing , overbalanced hcaselfandfellto the ground , a distance of nearly forty feet . He was carried to Charing-cross Hospital , when the house-surgeon found that . life was quite extinct , he having-, no doubt , died almost immediately after felling , XJpon inspecting the body the surgeon ascertained that both thighs bad received compound fractures , and the skull was frightfully injured .

      Deck Passekgers on Board of . Irish _Steam-Bo & ts . —Oa Tuesday an inqnest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the Bull ' s Head , little Thames-street West Smithfield , ou view of the body of Patrick Connell , aged-46 , a tailor , who died on board the Prussian Eagle , Irish steamer . It appeared that the deceased went to Cork about a month ago to see his friends . On the 10 th inst . he was carried on board tbe Prussian Eagle , which left Cork for London that day , and which had on board several heaa of cattle between decks , with about 300 deck passengers who paid two shillings each . Deceased was in a declining state -when put on board . On Friday night the llth inst . a storm came on , and the waves of the sea swept over the fore part of

      the vessel where deceased was lying . A tarpauling -was put up , but that was taken away by the pas-Sengers at the after part of the steamer . At daylight next morning deceased -was found dead , no one having attended to him during the night . Verdict , found dead , and that the death was accelerated by exposure to the cold and the extremity of the weather . The Coroner recommended that bettor accommodation should be afforded to the deck passengers . Supposed Suicide . —The body of a respectabl y * dressed man , about fifty-five , which is lying for identification in the dead-house , St . Mary , Islington , has been picked up iu the New River , near Canonbury-bridge , Islington . His linen is marked *' D ., " and a paper found in Ms pocket is signed «« J . Daviss . "

      FlBB AX A IiODQISG HOUSE IS RATCLrFJF £ _HlGHwat . —On Tuesday morning , between twelve and i one , an alarming fire broke out on the premises of ilLDobbs , lodging-house keeper , 73 , St . GeorgeiStreefc , Ratcliffe Highway . The fire was discovered _Ibyoneof the lodgers , who on going up to bed on the [ first floor found the bedroom on fire . The brigade [ engines , nnder the direction of Mr . Fogo , were near Ithe spot , but although there was a plentiful supply [ of water , the upper part ofthe premises ( which are _iinBured in the Phoenix ) ' were destroyed . The ( cause of the fire is unknown .

      _Extensive _Pobgert on ihe Stock Exchange . — ! 0 * ° Saturday last , at the Westminster Police Court , Mr . Disk , of _Tufton-street , Westminster , obtained a , w i _^ T _? ' tb 8 appreliens " , on of Mr- G- _W . Mitchell , ( Of 43 , Vincent-square , Westminster , on a charge ( Of forgery to an amount said to exceed £ 4 , 000 , and mho has absconded . Mr . Mitchell , was well known iin the city as a stockbroker , his offices beine 5 / Angel-court , Throgmorton-street . ' Bobbery ax St . Bride ' s Church _Fieet-street ¦ —A robbery was perpetrated at St . Bride ' s Church aat mid-daj on the llth inst . It appears that divine

      E service had been performed in the morning ; and iit is surmised that the thief secreted himself in the torganloffc . Between two and three o ' clock in the aafternoon a waggon-loadof coak or coal was being cdelivered at the church , when the sexton discovered tthat the poor-box had been broken open , and the ceoiiients carried away . * On looking around him he aalso observed tbat the cushions at the altar had tbeen stripped of their . _telvet covering , * and that _cotber depredations . hadbeen-. committed .- On _comemunicating _thesefacts . to ths churchwardens , an _insstant examination'was made , when" ifc" was f . und

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      that the sacramental plate had not been removed , owing , probably , to the thief being disturbed by the sexton when he opened _theirs to admit he > coke . Notthe slightest trace of thc property has been dis-CO _tosivE Conflagration—Oh * Thursday mornino * between the hours of one and two _. a nro , attcnded with a considerable destruction of property , broke out ia premises belonging to Messrs . Beach , the leather manufacturers , Grange-road , Bermondsey . Owin _» to the inflammable nature of the stock in trade " the fire extended with unusual swiftness ; and it was nearly three o ' clock before the fire was extinguished . By that period , a considerable portion of the manufactory was levelled with the ground , and the houses on the opposite side of the road much burned . Narrow Escape 03 ? Sir David _Dundas . —On

      Monday , as Sir David Dundas , attended by his servant , was entering the Temple from Water-lane , in cab No . 148 , the horse turned round too suddenly , and threw the vehicle on its side into the road _. Several porters of tho Temple ran to render assistance , which was ; no doubt , the means of preventing worse results . The horse was instantly secured , and . Sir David released from his perilous situation , but very much injured about his hands , fromhis attempting to escape through the window on the upper side . Both cabman and servant escaped unhurt .

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      Bdrolaht And Desperate Attempt At Murder...

      Bdrolaht and Desperate Attempt at Murder . — On Saturday last Christopher lleely , William Wallace , George Green , Henry Jones , nnd Henry Thompson , supposed to belong to a gang of London thieves , were brought up on remand before the magistrates , charged with the serious offence of breaking into the premises of , and attempting to murder , Mr . Marston , gold and silver dealer , Great nampton-street , Birmingham . The circumstances attending this atrocious outrage were nearly attended with the same results as so recently occurred at Primley . The following are the trief facts of the case : —About four o ' clock on the m

      orning ofthe 7 th inst , Mr . Marston was roused from his sleep by a strange noise in the house , ' wliich induced bim to get tip and go below ,-aad on entering the sitting-room he saw three men in the act of emptying the sideboard of the plate ,

      gushed forth , and he fell insensible on the stairs , but even then they kicked and struck him over the forehead . Thinking they had deprived him of life , and hearing other " persons moving up stairs , they made their est from the premises by the same way they had entered , namely—through tho ceiling of Mr . _Marston's warehouse . One of Mr . Marston ' s daughters called loudly to the police to render assistance , hut from some cause or another they refused to break into the premises to assist the unfortunate gentleman . Ultimately the ' door was opened froni the inside , when the officers found Mr . Marston completely covered with blood and apparently dead . Dr . Bell Fletcher and other medical men

      were soon in attendance ; but , although the unfortunate gentleman was restored to consciousness , he still remains in an exceedingly precarious state . Mr . _Inspector-Glossop examined the premises on the following morning , and found that the burglars had obtained an entrance to the back of the premises by sealing a high wall . They afterwards broke through the ceiling of an outer warehouse , but finding that a thick wall intervened , another part ofthe ceiling was cut away , and a hole large enough made to admit one man at a time : The

      inspector took possession ofa hat which had been dropped by One ofthe burglars , as well as the poker , which was . much bent , and covered . witb hair and blood . Having a suspicion of the guilty parties , he placed a number of detective policemen during the day in a lodging-house in Carey ' _s-court _, Moor-street , and before night the five prisoners were apprehended ,. . They are well known to the police as having lately come from London , and taken up tbeir abode in Birmingham . Mr . Marston being still unable to leave his bed , the whole of the prisoners were remanded .

      Escape from Selbt Gaol . —Thomas Lamb , who was awaiting bis trial for an assault upon Mrs . Cannon , of Garth-hall , near _Brongb , has escaped from Selbygaol . This he Accomplished by picking a lock , making a bold push past some people who stood in his way and dropping througha window . Accident on the Great Northern Railwat . — Another accident occurred last Saturday evening on the Great "Northern Railway . The train which left _Ln-fldon at 5 p . m . came in contact with a waggon laden with stone at the Stevenage station , twenty-eight and a half miles from London . Thc waggon , which was on a siding , was not sufficiently forward to permit the train to pass . The result was a collision , whicli seriously damaged six passenger carriages , some horse-boxes , luggage and luggage-vans . The stoker of the train received several severe but not dangerous : wounds , and many passengers were bruised and slightly wounded .

      Destructive Fire at Esher , Surrey . — On Saturday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the farm of Mr . J . Alder , West-end , Esher . Engines were procured , but , notwithstanding every exertion , no fewer than eleven ricks of wheat , barley , & c , were destroyed . Two large barns and the stables were also consumed . Some valuable horses were saved with difficulty . Strong suspicions exist that the fire was occasioned byan incendiary . One poor fellow , who was very active in endeavouring to arrest the progress ofthe flames , had his face and hands severely scorched , one of the burning ricks having fallen upon him . It is stated that Mr . Alder is insured .

      Another Glen Tilt . —We . learn that the Duke of Rutland ' s keepers have received instructions to prevent persons from visiting the celebrated Druidical remains near Stanedge Pod , Yorkshire , on the plea that it would disturb the birds . Several parties on their way to the place have been stopped during the past few weeks . Accident to Mr . Betis . —Mr . Betts , the chairman of the Eastern' Counties Railway Company , met with a very serious accident on the llth inst . He was riding through his grounds at Preston Hall , near Maidstone , when his horse , a very spirited one , shied . He was thrownon the neck of the animal ; and the end of his riding whip , which was of the kind used by huntsmen , perforated through his spectacle into his left eye ' . Several pieces ofthe ' glass also got into the eye , all of which the medical gentlemen bave not as yet been successful in extricating Mr . Betts' sufferings are very severe ,

      and it is doubtful whether the eye can be saved . Extensive Fire at "Tottenham . —On Wednesday evening bet-ween six and -seven o " _clocks a serious fire broke out upon the extensive premises belonging to Mrs . Wakeling ; an independent lady , situate in Church-road , Tottenham , at the rear of Bruce Castle . The flames , when first perceived , were raging in a large barn , adjoining the coachhouses , stabling , and some cottages , but fortunately separated from the private mansion by a space of at least forty feet . By the time that assistance arrived from London the barn and its contents were destroyed , the stabling consumed , and a cottage levelled with the ground . Tbe adjoining premises on either side being still on fire , the most strenuous exertions were obliged tobe resorted to , to cut off the further spread of the flames . Fortunately , the firemen succeeded in entirely subduing the fire by ten o ' clock .. Mrs . Wakeling was insured in the Phmnix Fire-office .

      ; Escape of a * _Convict from Portsmouth Dockyard . —On Tuesday afternoon a convict at work in Portsmouth Dockyard managed to effect his escape , and has not yet been re-captured . It appears he was at work in what is called " the new ground , '' and having contrived to escape from the surveillance of the keeper , he changed his own convict dress for some labourer ' s clotbesj which were lying about . While he was making his way through the yard to discover a place of exit , be was stopped by a policeman , by

      whom , according to custom with strangers , he was asked as to what he was doing in the yard . ' The convict immediately knocked thei man down , and made for the wall attached to the admiral ' s kitchen garden , over which he was seen to clamber , and from this garden he scaled another wall , and got into the streets of Portsea . A strict search has been on foot since , and convict guards , to whom the man was known , have been placed at the gates of tbe garrison to intercept ' - ' him in his escape , but they have not yet succeeded .

      Another Daring Burglary at a Clergyman ' s . — On Wednesday evening information was received at Scotland-yard , that the parsonage house of the Rev . W . Mudge , at Pertinball , near Sharnbrobk , : Bedfordshire , had , on-. Tuesday night , been burglariously broken into by a gang ; of armed ruffians , disguised with tbeir shirts over their clothing , and their faces blackened . , The . fellows made use of horrid threats , and having secured the family in one of the upper rooms , proceeded to ' . _ransack the premises . The fellows also regaled themselves with bread , meat , fruit pie , and several bottles of port wine , carrying off £ 200 worth of silver plate , some money ( amountunknown ) , and a Church Missionary box , which has since been found in the churchyard , broken open and rifled of its contents . The thieves effected their entrance through the larder window .-

      . Alleged . Attempt to Bob and Morder by _jueams of Chloroform . —Kendal , Monday . —The _SJif _^ V _^ _^ into a state of the greatest _SS _™ _? _\^ . _W the report thataritttempt _SSlf e ! _f Dl _^ by a man . who * had seeretedhimself « nder a bed in ., Shaw ? _s , Temperance Hotel , to rob and murder , by . the . agency , of chlo-

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      roform , a ; _gentleman lodging in . the ; house' "F rom the evidence given before , the magistrates " this day , it _appears that the Rev . Lachlan M'lntosh had taken _up-his quarters on Sunday night , ' at _Shawns Temperance Hotel ; in , this town . Mi *'! M'lntosh , who hadyretired ; to , ted about nine : o ' clock ,, was awoke by a man attempting to suffocate him by means of a rag steeped in chloroform .,. Mr . M ' lntosh , who is an elderly man , ' struggled desperately with , his assailant , but ; - whether from tnefumes of the chloroform , or : the terrible . - disadvantage at which he was taken by his midnight assailant , he felt himself fast failing , when his cries of "Help . ' Murder ! "' roused the house . When Mr . ' Shaw , of the Temperance Hotel , made his way into the

      room , the intended'victim was almost 1 powerless , and the . assassin , or robber , was lying upon the bedding , which had fallen upon the . floor in the scuffle , apparently sound asleep . On being roughly shaken , the latter professed that he had long been a sleep-walker ]' and appeared to be ' astonished to find himself where he was . A policeman was sent for , and the man taken into custody . A strong smell of chloroform was perceived by the parties who entered the room upon the alarm being given , rind a bottle containing chloroform was found under Mr . M'Intosh's bed , aud a similar bottle iri the carpet-bag of the prisoner , who had been at the -Temperance Hotel since Saturday evening . The reverend gentleman ' s face bore strong marks of the pertinacity of his assailant , and , upon the landlord and landlady entering the room , his night dress was

      found to be covered with blood ; There had been no key in the lock of his room , and he had placed a chair between the door and the bed previously to retiring to rest . . This chair the people who entered the room on his . cries being heard had to remove with some difficulty , so that the probability _> is that the ruffian had secreted himself under the bed . The prisoner , who was brought up this day , it was proved , had retired to bed about half an hour before Mr . M'lntosh . In the course of the evening he had taken occasion to tell the people bf the house that he was a sleep-walker , and en one occasion he said he had walked four miles in his sleep . To the policeman who took him into custody he said he was a traveller , but refused to say for whom he travelled , or in what business . Ho was fully committed for trial . "' . '"' . ''

      A Eeualr Burnt is a Railway Carriage . —On Monday morning Mrs . Stacey , a respectable dressed young married , woman , who resides at Suffolk-place , Snow s-fields , Bermondsey , left the VVaterloo Station for Windsor by the 9 h . 10 m . excursion train . The carriage in which she travelled was . an open one , andcuntaihed about twenty passengers . Ori arriving between Richmond and Twickenham her muslin dress was set on fire by a spark from the engine , and in an instant she was enveloped in flames .

      Fortunately , a gentleman who was sitting by her side had the presence off . mind to throw the affrighted woman down oh the floor of the carriage , and with the prompt assistance of other passengers succeeded in extinguishing the fire . On arriving at Windsor she'was sent to the . Royal Dispensary ., Fortunately , it ' was then discovered , that although her gown and all her under clothes were burnt on one side , she had miraculously escaped with the in . jury only of one of her hands , although in a state of great nervous excitement from the , . fright .

      Death" of Mrs . Maclean . —We have to announce the untimely death of this lady , wife of , Donald Maclean , Esq ., late M . P . for Oxford '( late of Wilton Castle , Durham ) , in the prime of life , at . _Castellamarei near . "Naples , on the 20 th ult . It appears that Mrs . Maclean was taking a drive , in her carriage , when the horses took fright and ran away , and the unfortunate lady sustained such severe injuries that she expired afew hours afterwards . She was daughter of the late General Maitland . —Derby Mercury . MUUDEK AT . BONBY , IN LINCOLNSHIRE . —Oil the evening ofthe 7 th inst . an affray took place at the small village of Bonby , near Barton-upon-Humber , which has resulted in the death of . a young man named Robert Sinderson . The deceased lived close

      to the cottage occupied by one Rohort Meggitt , an old man seventy-two years of age , and said to be of violent temper and quarrelsome manners . _^ On the evening in question the son and grandchildren of Meggitt , . who occupied a room in the same cottage , were _. awokeby a loud noise in the apartment below , which arose from Meggitt ' s ill-treatment of his wife . They called for absistance , and the deceased coming in rescued the wife and held the old man down upon tho bed . The latter , however ,

      managed to elude his grasp , and , taking up a long clasp-knife , plunged it . into , the body ofthe deceased up to the haft .. Poor Sinderson walked home ,, but bis wound was found to be of a very serious nature , the bowels being lacerated and pror truding so seriously that : they . could ; not be reduced ; and , after lingering , for a few , days , he expired ih great agony . An inquest has been held on the body , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against Meggitt , who has according been committed to Lincoln for trial . ..

      Eire . —A fire was discovered to have broken out oh Monday evening last , about half _past eight o'clock , ina barn in tlie occupation of Mr . Cox , near , Brockley Hall , in the parish of Brockley , Somerset , by which about . 150 bushels of wheat were destroyed , together with other property , but it was got under without doing any extensive damage .. The cause of the conflagration is at present Unknown , but a rigorous investigation will take place . A Man Gored to Death . —On Monday evening last a very shocking occurrence took place near Cockerham , resulting in the death of a farm servant named Thomas Preston , from the attack of a hull . It appears that the deceased was in the

      employ of Mr . W . Lamb , of Cockerham , and on the day in question was leading a bull for exhibition at the Ashton agricultural show on the following day . After he had proceeded some little distance on the journey the animal became very restiff and unruly , and the ring by which it was secured to the , rope suddenly snapped . The animal by this time had become infuriated , and rushed upon Preston . De was thrown down , and the ferocious brute , did not cease trampling and butting the unfortunate man until life was extinct . It then made its way home again , and on the circumstance becoming known it was immediately destroyed . An inquest was held on Tuesday at Mr . Lamb ' s house , when the preceding facts were deposed to , and tbe jury gave in a verdict of " Accidental death . "

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      Accident to a Commercial Traveller . —An accident of an alarming nature occurred to a . commercial gentleman named _ftTLarne , while proceeding frorii Merthyr to Cardiff , pri Sunday last . It appears that after he has passed through the North-gate , near Cardiff , the night being very dark , and he not being aware of the canal being close to the roadside , he drove the horse and vehicle right into the canal , and Had a narrow . escape from death . Indeed , his GgGapfe 13 considered almost miraculous , as it was with , the utmost difficulty he ' found his way to the shore . Having obtained assistance , the horse and phaeton , were subsequently _hrouiiht out : the driving "box was lost , containing valuable papers ,, cash , & c . On the same night , several men were employed to _. rake the canal ,

      in order to find the driving box ,, but up to six o ' clock ou the following ' evening , and although the water in the espial , was let out , the property was not recovered . iMr . _M'Lahie ih ' en issued a bill , offering £ 5 reward for the recovery of the missing property . . In about _, an hour _afterwsrds the box in question was brought to the superintendent of the police by two men , who said that they picked it up on the canal bank at six o ' clock that morning . Upon opening the box , the papers were found to be correct , but cash amounting to £ 69 lis . had been taken away . The two . men alluded to were detained in custody , as their statements did not agree , Up to the present time the property has not been found . The accident occurred in consequence of the gas-light near the north bridge being placed ina wrong direction , strangers naturally making towards ' the light on a' dark night . —Swansea Herald . ...

      Accident at the Britannia-bridge . — -The stupendous scaffolding that supported the tubes of the Britannia-bridge on the Anglesea side during their erection is now being-taken down , and , notwithstanding every care is used ,, and . precautions taken to , avoid accidents to the men employed on the service , several have taken place , one of . which has been attended with fatal consequences . , Tbo sufferer , David Hughes , in the employ of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company , was engaged in

      removing tne scarlolding , and having displaced , a heavy balk of timber , ; by some means , he overbalanced himself , ahd , unable to recover his equilibrium , was precipitated adepth of fifty feet , striking in his descent , against tbe scaffolding . lie _^ as conveyed on a board across the Straits to his residence where he was attended by _' _. Mr . Florence , the surgeon to the works , ' who immediatel y pronounced tho _caEe hopeless , tho man having received severe internal injuries , besides fractured bones .. He died in the course of the day , leaving a wife to bewail hia _Innn .

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      Forgery At Edinburgh.—On The Llth Inst. ...

      Forgery at Edinburgh . —On the llth inst . a tall young man , very respectably dressed , of dark complexion , and named ' ¦ William Lindsay Ogilvie was placed at the bar of the police court , and charged before Mr . Sheriff Jamieson , with forging on the National Bank of Scotland ; in the name of his employer , Mr . Munro . W . S _^ _. to the extent of 4195 and on the National Security ' s Bank , in the name of Miss Munro , to tbe extent of £ . 10 , makintr a inint total of £ 235 _.--The transactions il _seems _' LSed over a period of nearly five months , and so efficiently had the prisonerrnanaged his scheme , that not until _thepreviouBWednesday-had the _slices _stpSn tl 7 wo Th _J * _' ? en excite _*^ -Vine mid of _Mr-Manro * The discovery was made in consequence of Miss Munro having gone to the SavinS ffi to

      Forgery At Edinburgh.—On The Llth Inst. ...

      dra _^ _abortion _£ . 2 ( hwhich on the 13 th of June last , she had given Ogilyie to deposit . She was then informed , irrespective of the representation of : her pas ' _s-bookTihat the ' _siim of £ 12 onl y had been lodged on ; the 13 th bf June ; Miss Munro immediately _Communicated the inexplicable' circumstance to her father , mho called onOgilvic at his ' lodgings ' , in Herculesstreet , ashe had . been absent fromthe- office for a weeki under the repregehtation of ill health ; but , not finding ninrat home , ' he ' ¦ communicated- ' the circumstances tb'the police authorities , and prosecuted inquiries into the financial state oi his affairs , generally , when he 'discovered that on various occasions ; , between the 13 th of June last and the-1 st inst ., forge--ries had been committed to the extent above stated ,

      by menns of two sets ' of pass-books . ; / _l'he book in which the sums actually lodged were entered he retained in hisprivate possession , and forged another , in which he represented as lodged the sums received from Mr ? and Miss Munro _, which , he . gave to these parties .: ' M'Levy , and his brother officer , Laidlaw _, were entrusted with the case , and succeeded in , apprehending Ogilvie . The prisoner , was remanded to a higher court . , * . . Bbeakino of Balloch Suspension-bridge . —On Saturday last , while a small flock of sheep was passing along Balloch _Suspensionrbridge , which spans the river Leven , near the entrance to Lochlomond , it suddenly gave ' way in the middle , at the south side , and sank about twelve inches , the other . side remaining as before . The rupture seems to have been caused _hylhe snapping of two rods , each about . an inch in

      diameter j and this has led to the twisting and breaking of other parts , which will ma _| ce the whole , fabric difficult of repair , and costly at the same time , though we have . no doubt that in , a . few days ,, it ., will be . all right again . In the meantime , _traffic . excepting for foot passengers , is stopped along the . bridRe _. 'though luckily the bridge at Bonhill , which is nut far distant , will supply the want till the repair be . effected . The bridge is upon Dredge ' s principle , and is a . very beautiful object in . the landscape , being much admired by strangers . It has stood for upwards of eight years , and during the last Moss of Balloch fair was at times crowded with hundreds of people ( exceeding in weight at least ten times that of the » heep ) without evincing the . leaet weakness . Itis singular that the fracture took place opposite to the side . of the bridge on which the sheep were placed at the time .

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      The New Imsn Census.—The Lord-Lieutenant...

      The New Imsn Census . —The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Mr . Donnelley , the Registrar-General of Marriages in Ireland , first commissioner for taking the census of 1851 ; Dr . Wilde has been appointed * ' second commissioner , and * Mr . irEdward Singleton , of the Board of Works , * who acted as secretary for the former Census , is re-appointed to the'same office . ; ¦ : . ' Agrarian CRiME . ~ The King ' s County Chronicle has an alarming account of the condition of that district , to which the : government have sent' down

      Captain Browhrigg , " deputy inspector-general of constabulary , on account of the numerous outrages recently committed . Crop-plunder is carried on in the most daring manner . . On the night of the . 8 th iust . fifty or sixty armed men surrounded ; a ' house where bailiffs , iii care of corn seized for rent , arid some policemen were stationed _^ threatening , their lives if they interfered whilst the corn wasfremoved . It was taken off hr numerous carts by the peasantry . Subsequently the . police from a neighbouring station followed the crop _** plunderers , and captured nine of them . * ¦' .: _;••'

      Mission of Roman Catholic _Bisnors to Rome . — The' Cork Examiner -mentions that the Right _Revi Dr . Dela ' ny , -Roman Catholic Bishop of that diocese , has left Cork for Maynooth , on his way to * . Rome . It is understood that Dr . Delaney and ' _-another Irish bishop , have been deputed to communicate withthe Pope ,. ' onthe part of the thirteen prelates who signed the petition deprecating any hostile proceedings against the- ' Queen ' s Colleges , and urging the _lexpedienoy of further' representations to - the' British government , with a view to the adoption of such modifications in the system of instruction as might removo all reasonable objections amongst Roman Catholics , ; ' _< - The Tenant Movement and the Landlords . — With the exception of Mr . Sharman Crawford arid three or four other proprietors , the landlords , no matter what may be their political views , aro

      carefully shunning the Tenant League , and deprecating certain doctrines broached during the agitation , as subversiveof the rights of property . ' The _agitation meantime , proceeds at railroad speed . The counties are rapidly organising , with meetings of "the Council" one ' _day ; aggregate , "public meetings on the next . -The county of . Waterford _^ requisition is signed by " three ; viears-general , one hundred and twelve priests , the city council , and the bulk of the merchants and farmers of tho county . " So , says the Nation , which considers theso as " the signs of a bolder and more impregnable strength than ' 43 . " That journal adds .,. " Before Christmas seats for a parliamentary party of fifty , and the whole ten thousand pound fund , will be secured . The deputies ofthe League will apply to parliament next session , with the united strength , of Ireland at their back . "

      Encumbered Estates Commission . —Within the week ending on the 9 th inst .. sixteen new petitions for tho sale of estates were presented , making the entire number from the commencement 1 , 272 . Two only of these sixteen inheritors are petitioners in their own cases . . ¦ -, ¦ : The Opposition Steam-packets . —The . Kihgstown correspondent of the Freeman states that the Cork Steam-packet Company havo ceased . the ruinous opposition to the City of Dublin . Company , which they carried on between Liverpool and Kingstown , their steamer , the Minerva , having been withdrawn . from that line , and placed on the line from Liverpool to Belfast . ¦¦ _-,- ¦

      Reduction of Rent . —A correspondent of the Westmeath Guardian writes : —VI have great pleasure of informing you that-Mrs ; - Cooper ,. of _Dunboden , has allowed an abatement of four ( Shillings in the pound to her tenants on the March gale , now called in .- A similar allowance was made and duly noticed at the time in your paper to the preceding gale . " .. _-,. ; . " . . . :. . .. ¦ ¦ . . TnE Electric TELEORAPii . —Messrs .. Fox and Henderson , the contractors for the completing of the Cork and Bandon Railway , have been declared contractors for making the wire rope of the . electric telegraph to be laid down between England and France . _> ¦ . ; , . •> , .

      Emigration . —It is really lamentable ( says a Galway journal ) to witness the number of persons who are emigrating from this port , even at this advanced period of the year , and _itbey too of the more comfortable class . : On Friday morning the ifine brig Irvine of this port , Moore master , sailed for New York , having on board 238 : passengers * -and onthe 20 th of this month another ship , the Helen , is to sail for the same city with , we suppose , a like comi plement , < . ... ;< ¦ ' ¦ •¦••¦ ¦ ; . ' The Waterford Mail of Saturday says : —' , ' Yesterday the William . Penn and Devonshire , Liverpool steamers , left our quays freighted awfully with a human cargo of our self-expatriating coun try men . J : Taking the entire number of yesterday's exportation jas 500 heads of families , and their _^ average money at £ 20 each , we have in one day from this single locality £ 10 , 000 taken out of circulation . " ....-

      - A New Parliamentary Constituency . —On Thursday last the clerks of the poor law _unionsjdn accordance with the provisions of the law , made a return to the clerks of tbe peace in counties , and to the town clerks in boroughs , of all persons rated by occupation at £ 8 in boroughs , and at £ 12 and upwards in counties ,, In the first returns , ns regards some ot the boroughs , the numbers will be less than the bona fide amount , because the immediate landlord had been in many cases rated for premises at and under £ 8 ; but this defect will be removed in all future lists . The iboroughs generally will yield a pretty fair number of electors _^ but * far _lessen proportion than the counties . ; In ¦ ¦> Cork city , for , instance , it is calculated that there will ; be at least

      4 , 000 electors , Dublin city will obtain a very material increase under the hew system ; but some ofthe smaller boroughs will remain almost as narrow and exclusive as ; they , had been ; for ,. the present £ 8 rating under the poor law is fully . equivalent , to the simple rent-letting or household qualification tost of £ 10 The advantage derived by the elector from the presentlaw is this , that the poor rate isthe only tax required to : bo paid by the claimant . for , the franchise . Heretofore , in , Dublin and two or threeother boroughs , numbers had been disfranchised for neglecting to pay one or other of a long list of local taxes .. Ithas been calculated that in the county of Cork the constituency will amount to 20 , 000 .. It is stated by the local journals that there will be about

      4 , 000 electors in the Queen ' s county , * and 3 , 000 in Kildare , both moderate in extent . Limerick county , it is estimated , will have at least 11 , 000 : electors ; Antrim about 10 , 000 ; Londonderry * about 6 , 000 * but Roscommon will not have more than 2 _, fi 00 « and another western county ( Sligo ) is not likely to exceed 2 , 000 . So thattaking one country with another , the average will probably ibe betweenfive and six thousand ; -or about 180 , 000 eleotors for ithe thirty-two Irish counties .. In all probability the constituencies ofthe boroughs will be under 40 000 making , at the outside , the gross number of auali

      _ued electors m Ireland about 220 , 000—a vast _auu mentation upon the almost nominal constituencies heretofore exishng , as a mockery , upon rem _* esenta . tion in this part of the United Kingdom epreSenta ¦ iRisn Farming _SociETiEs . -In the northern district of Kerry it has been determined to establish a Farming Society , in consequence ofthe renewed visitation of the potatoo blight , and the consequent _necessityof improved husb andry and cattle- breeding , " without which ( it is stated ) , tho district D _^ ZJ _^\ f ° _^ ° _»™ -V disastrous alike to the interests of the landowner and

      theoo-¦ _£% ¦ « k 4 ssocu"OJ ..-The usual weekly meeting pf hiB _^ body was hold on Monday at Conciliation Hall , Mr . C . Ryan in _theohaii _* . Jlr . John O'Con

      The New Imsn Census.—The Lord-Lieutenant...

      Hell apologised for some delay in oolnmencing the proceedings , by stating that the funds were m | uch a state as to prevent them from paying a sufficient number of bands ' to _dischargeihe business , _audlhe had himself been obliged . tp . discharge some business which had been le _£ t , undisposed , of . _ He then read a letter from Sir George Grey ( throughhik _Sedretiiry , ) intimatirig'thafc ; he _had- 'laid before : her Majesty some _addressos i which had been forwarded from ! thefBall i praying her Majesty to summon . Parliament to- , gether for the purpose of 'considering and ! , _^ settlingthe law of landlord _and'teriant . , The' reritfo ' r the Week was £ 1018 s .-lOd .- : i " ' ; ' _Z- " _- _''' _> _> .

      ; A Oolont'of Irish-Emigrants , _—Theifirstidetachmerit of > a body of'emigrants fromthe-counties of _, _Wicklow-and Wexfordji destined for , _Arkauaas , arrived ih . Dublin on _, Wednesday , afternoon , to proceed _, by sieamters to Liverpool , from' whence they ' are to take shipping for America ' . ' The s ' emainder are to follow during the present week . / c'The ' emigrants about to ' settle iin Arkansas are nearly 1200 _incumber ,, consisting of about 400 . families , almost _ail . of whomhavo been farmers , in _coiritjortableeirT _cumstances _. ' and they are taking but amongst them about £ 16 , 000 . ¦ _¦>" ¦¦¦' ¦ ••' ¦ ' . ¦ :: * . _¦ _- : _;*¦; _: ' _i . v _> i * The inquest in the case of the . recent murder . of Samuel M'Cornick _/ in the county of Down , . has ended : in a verdict , of . wilful- . . murder against sprite person or persons unknown ; thus leaving " ; the case open to the imputation of an agrarian character which it first received . However , thernan _; _M'Ilveen _; against whom suspicions were raised , _. _and-whO : was fr

      supposed ; to , have copimitted _^ _fchOimurdQl _' : . om . _motiyes . of jealousy , was re-arrested after- the inquest , arid _. will be , subjected . to other proceedings by tae magistrates . ; ' : '¦ " - ' _" ' 7 ''Z : '"' _. ' . ' : Attempt to Murder a Magistrate . — Ori Sunday evening ; as Wm . H ; Kennedy , '! J . P ., of Rocksavage , in the county of-Monaghan , was . passing , from : his drawingrroom . into the , hall , , he . wasi _, fired . at j from without , and his shoulder grazed by two '' or three jhots 7 Several other ' shots were found iri ' tbe hall . i The " 3 _CtiFlPE-STnEET Savings Bank . —A" preliminary step-has been at length taken . _with-. regard . to the .-claims ; of the-unfortunate depositors , in the Cuffe-street Savings .. Bank .... < The Coriimissioners appointed by the _government haye given notice of their intention to investigate the clairiis _' arid to distribute the money ( voted by parliament , pursuant to the act * 13 thand 14 th ' "Victoria , _;^ chap . 107 *; * and the deposit-books to be . lodged on , or , . before Saturday _the-26 fch inst . _-,. - . , _-- _; .

      Cruelty To Lascar Seamen. - ; A Fine Bar...

      CRUELTY TO LASCAR SEAMEN . - ; A fine barque , nanied the New Liverpool , Captain Rowles ,- arrived ; at Southampton last week , from India , the Cape of Good ' Hope ,, laden , with timber ( teak ) , consigned to Messrs . ' Wig ' ram , ship builders , ' , at Northam ' . * When ; the New Liverpool _' _-entered the docks 7 the captain informed- the _'^ Custom-house authorities that there was noidisease or sickness on board , -. but . that there were three or four men ill . On getting on board it was seen that a number of Lascars formed-a partof the crew . -The few that w _ ere seen were apparently a miserable , set of creatures . *; They were barefooted , crouching about the wet deck , and seeriied very , uricomfort ' able .. They

      talked to each otheriri . 7 subdued . fand ' . melancholy accents . ' On Saturday . mformationf ' was ' . brought to Mr . Wiblin , the quarantine surgeon at Sdutbampton ,. that , a Lascar wasdead on . board the New Liverpool _^ arid that others _w-ere dying . 7 Aniurgent commuriication was _niade _. also to the _. mayor / pf that town , arid that functionary , ' accoiripahie . d by several gentlemen , immedjately'burried ¦ _ipwards _' the dock ; and _. wentonl board the New Liverpool .. On entering the forecastle of the ship ,, one of the most horrible sights presented itself . In a dark , filthy , "illventilated hole , one .. Lascar lay- dead , < _* ind . six more lay , apparently . dying ,. beside him , 6 f [ the scurvy , One also was afflicted with a most loathsome disease . Two of the sick Lascars were ' f sent imriie'diateiy to

      the workhouse , but orie ' : was too ill to be . remoy ' ed , and by this time is probably _Ideadi Mr . Wiblifi , as soon as hie went fori . board , ' ordered a quantity of lemons and ¦ other anti-scur , vy . medicaments' to be sent to the ; ship . A coroner ' s inquest sat oh the dead body of the . Lascar ,, and , _after ' the body , the place where it lay ,,, and the food ori which the Lascars had fed , had been . examined , and , some evidence was taken , the inquest was adjourned , in order ; to ; give the , captain j against whoiri some serious charges were , tobe made , arid who was then in London , an opportunity of being present . A post mortem examination of , the body was made on board the ship _> by . Mr . Wiblin . It . appears that when a gang of Lascars are hired in India to work

      a . ship to Europe , one of their number is their chief , protector , and interpreter , and is' called a _seraing : , He , it appears , also ,, is . in some way answerable for theirgood-conduct arid good treatment , and , if . he . fails to , obtain the latter , gives himself up to some religious and horrible tortures when he returns to India . The captains who engage Lascars . enter into a bond with the agents' of the East _India-Company for their proper treatment , and , to furnish _therewith that-peculiar diet which their religious scruples and the climate in which they havo been reared impose . on them and render necessary , such as . rice , fish , tamarinds , * lime juice , and other kinds of food conducive to their health and strength .. Numbers of persons visited the Southamptonpolice station to see the fish and

      rice on which the Lascars had been fed . The rice was swarming : with , large blue , disgusting lookirig maggots . The fish , was black as a hat , 'Hard as iron , and as dry as a board . Some of the gentlemen , who . accompanied the-mayor on board were taken ill afterwards , and not able to take any food . The , Lascar who was so ill through bad , food and ill treatment died on Monday morning . This makes the third , for one _? died- at sea , and was thrown pverboard . The fivo who were removed to the workhouse are ; _getting better . A very ugly circumstance connected with this -affair is , that though . seven-Lascars were ill and dying on _Thursday when the vessel arrived , at Southampton , no ¦ med ical man was sent for until Saturday ; until , in fact , one -had died , and another was tco _. far gone _jtorecover . , . * •¦¦ . ¦

      : • t . ¦• _::, ¦•'¦ INQUEST . ; An-inquest was held by Mr . Edward Coxwell , Esq ., the coroner , oh the body of the deceased , inamed Dorgayab , on 'board the vessel on Saturday _jlast , when . the following evidence was taken ' : — ! John Ha 3 Selwood , chief mate of the barque New Liverpool , stated that the deceased was a Lascar seaman , belonging -to the ship ; Witness sailed in . hep from Liverpool * on the 9 th of April , 1849 ,-to ! Poi _* t Philip and South Australia . land from thence ito Moulmeiri _,. in the Burmese empire . '• The _^ _deceasediand eleven other Lascars were shipped at Moulmein on the 29 th of March ,. 1850 . ; He heard that they had signed articles on shore before- the magistrates , and saw a . copy ofthe articles . He

      did not know what the diet was to be , but he heard that they , had a fare given to them . ... When they first , came on board , they had _throomoals a day consisting of _> curry , rice ; ( fish , ghee ( a sort of butter ;) chilies and tamarinds . The fish was good and ; wholesome at that time . This diet was continued for about a month . The ghee was soon got rid of ,-and then the curry , and subsequently the tamarinds . They had chilies now . The white sailors . 'had : a _> different and regular diet , and frequently gave part of their food to the Lascars , who complained ' of their treatment . One Lascar died at sea , about a week ago , and was buried , ; The Lascars had no bread or biscuit given them , They did noti ask for any , to witness ' s knowledge , but if

      they had they would not have had it . The'deceased , Dorgayah , died : on Friday evening , after an- ; illness of four or five weeks ; the origin of which ; he believed , was- scurvy . Four of the others were then suffering from the same disease . Thero was some lime juice on board , which was served out to the white seamen every day , but the Lascars did not ask for any ; and ' they most needed _itv-i-Tho _/ only diet supplied to the Lascars during the last three months was rice and fish , such as that produced . ( The rice . was'of . the most"inferior description , and the fish , if-it- could be legitimately called by that namo _. was full of vermin ; rotten , and stinking . ) The captain ' s name was Thomas Morgan Rowles . The Lascars have-had sago , arrowroot and' soup , _"jMid other things given : to them sinoe they have been-ill , but their stubbornness would not allow them to takethemedicine offered to them Thhad _nonmedical

      ey man on board . ' The' captain paid every attention to them . whilst sick , went to see-them frequently , and sent them medioine There were twenty English seamen _. in the ship , -and twelve -Lascars . _The-Lascars , who had no' watch , were at work ; all day , and _wero-on -deck--at every call during tho night . They slept on deck by order of the captain . They had berths in the foreoastle , but could not go there -half the time , as the place was blookedup . Thoy'had lately had-two meals a day—at ten and four . The captain went ashoro in a pilot cutter when the ship was at the mouth of the Southampton river . ' He left the ship again on Friday morning to go to London , when bo said he would send a doctor off directly , but one did not come on board till Saturday morning . | John Kennedt , * the carpenter , ( who gave his _evidence very reluctantly ;) corroborated the foregoing istatemont . '

      i John Wiblin , Esq ., surgeon , said he was called by Mr . Tahson , the agent of the ship , to see the men about ' eight o ' _clookthat ( Saturday ) morning . ' When he went on _ board the vessel he found one _, man dead , and six others very ill from sourvv syphilis , & c . IIo could not then account- for tne death of the deceased , but judging from tho condition and appearance of the other men , his opinion iwas that it was caused by salt -and bad provisions ' ; and treatment * suoh as the witnesses had described * die had ho hesitation -whatever in saying that if ' such treatment had been _inflicted on many of our _Wishsaiors , _' itwoujd have accelerated , if not producod , tho death of many . He did not think that , deceased ' s-life would * have been saved f if medical : treatment had heen called in on Thursday night , i , : ' : i , - ¦;• _.:,,-: - * , .

      Cruelty To Lascar Seamen. - ; A Fine Bar...

      The inquiry was adjourned to-Monday evenin _? _whenfit , _waiSTreiStfmedjtt the _^ Audit ' House , ' and Cap ' tain ; 'I _^ _wles-was - _^ ¦ P _^ CQC _* fc ;; as ; . . 'bi 3 . 1 egaladyiser .. .- . . r _,.- ¦• .-. _"¦<• , - ; _-, ¦ ; Mr . 'WiBLi . y _^ wha inade a post mb _' riemexa _^ body ;' now ';' s _* iated theireSults ;' of suoh'examination and -gave ! ve ' ryiminute , _idetails' ! ofr the t appearance of tj * evarip i _usjpart , softhe , hP d y _,-apfd 'intestines . The ppinio ri . which rhe had formed ,,. as _, _& _, ' . " _% _, ' geheral result of th ' _eyekamir iatiori ;' was that death was o ' eca ; sioiied by _sW ; sburvy ' ' fri ' duced _. ' -he believ _* e'd , _* by' a deteriorated qiiality' ' 6 f _'dietj 5 in ' which'there was . a defi . _ciehov- _' Of succulentrve getables , ror , ofthat impor .

      tan _^ and _^ necessar _yfsubejiitutejrliroeprrlempnjuicc _, The absence of . this . article , never _failed' tp entail that distressing riialady—once so prevalehfc , ' 'but now happily'so rare—sea-sourvyj < on ; those who make long sea voyages . ' He considered _that'that-disease might be easily stopped . .. by _proper , medical treat - ment , but not unless a _. person ' _wab acquainted with medioine . ' It would be' absolutely necessary to givo a patient ' . lime juice after the 'first appearance of scurvy , and it-would be very injudicious for-a ship to go to sea ; without lime-juice , or jother .. remedies equally efficacious . ' , ' . ' ... " The serang , for chief of the Lascar seamen , wa 3 next called , " arid Robert Dyer , chief pfBcer of the _Esk ' , ' one ''* of the' Royal * 'Mail' _Steam-Vpacket Company's mail boats , was sworn as . interpreter .

      The serang , on his statements , being iinterpreted by Mr . Dyer , gave - his name , as . Cassee _.. . The form of oath he considered binding ; was wiCa salt on a leaf , and words in the Hihdobstari language . A conversation-followed on the course to be pursued with reference to * ' the > administration of the oath to the serang ; Mr . Pocoek contending for the necessit _y of swearing him in the mariner most binding on his conscience ; . arid the coroner said that if the mien could not be properly sworn , he would take the onus ' on himself of taking their statement not upon oath . Soriie salt was here brought into the court , and handed to the serang , who said it was the same ; kind as that used in his own country , 7 but it had not _. been prepared , or made sacred , arid had not

      ihe properties Of an . oath . The statement was therefore taken without the serang being sworn . _; * The serang ' s exairiination continued—He shipped on board the , New Liverpool , six months ago , as serang , or , boatsw _. ain . ( He was asked if he , signed articles , but hot understanding the , question _^ another Laseai' was called , but no satisfactory answor could be ' obtained . ) The terms on which they shipped rested between the captain- and the _ghautserang . The captain -told him . what diet he was to have for tho , men , viz ., rice , fish , , dholl ( a kind o £ 8 plitpea ) , ghee , ohiiies , and . ' tamarinds . They were to have curry stuff , which they were to prepare themselves . They were also _to-have tea-sugar , and coffee . 7 The quality of the food had _been-the-same throughout the voyage , excepting the fi . sh ;>; There food was proper for . two months , but after thatthey had no ghee or tamarinds . They ' asked for . them , but . were told that the ghee was ' all _. gone , arid the second officer gave them' pork 'instead , which , they

      all ' ate ' . _"' * Neither tho > e who were sick , nor those well , had any'lime juice . Mixed pickles . weregiven to theeiok" , which , they would _notr _. eat _/ _as _^ _-ithurt tbeir mouths . The captain gave . them vinegar . and water . They , asked for pumpkin ; but could riot get it . The men who were sick had preserved potatoes for two weeks , hut they could not get them afterwards when they wanted them . The fish they had been eating for . two months : was-very bad and unfit for food .. It was taken on board at Moulmein , from the ship John Campbell , arid -was then ,, very bad ; the " cockroaches were eating it . 7 . 'Alfred Charles Gilbert , the second mate of the vessel ; was next examined ; and his . evidence was generally corroborative . of that given by the other witnesses . He did .. not think the Lascars were treated as they ought to have been , Neither he nor the chief mate had had ariy quarrel to speak of with the captain , oh their voyage home . The coroner then adjourned the inquiry to Tuesday next , the 22 nd-instant . h ; . ' _.-T - •' " .

      Case Of Poisoning In South Wales. Aberys...

      CASE OF POISONING IN SOUTH WALES . Aberystwith , Oct . 12 . —A great deal of painful excitement has been created in the vicinity of Ponttryhedfendigaed ,-in consequence of the . death of an elderly lady of highly , respectable family connexions , named Ann Jones , under circuiristances which leave no doubt that her death was produced by the administration ibf arsenic ; and the . excitement . has been increased by the apprehension of Mr . Elizabeth Jones , daughter-in-law ofthe deceased , on suspicion of being the murderess .. ' . " The deceased lady , it appears , resided at _Bronderblaw , and for some time her " eldest son , Mr . Thomas Jones , together with his wife ( the accused ) and their

      five children , had lived in the same house with her . In the year 1846 the deceased ' s lady ' s , brother died , leaving property to a considerable amount , and bequeathing to her , amongst ' others , ' a legacy of £ 1 , 000 . This sum Mrs . Jones placed in the hands nf her son , telling him to _deposit'it at her banker ' s at Aberystwith ,- to her account . Instead of doing so he paid it in in his own name , and used a portion of it for his own purposes . On discovering this Mrs . Jones commenced a suit for its recovery , ' and succeeded in gettinga verdict . ' The son'theri , without saying a word to his . family _^ went off to America , and-his wife and family went to live with his

      mother . An inquest was commenced on the body on the 9 th inst ., and resiiihed on the llth , before Mr . Williams , M . D ., " the coroner . Subjoined is a brief abstract of the evidence given at the inquiry : — Mr . W . Evans , surgeon , of Aberystwith , deposed to having made a- post , mortem , examination ofthe body . He removed the stomach carefully for the purpose of its being subjected to chemical analysis . The duodenum contained a yellowish : matter , ' rather thick , and was unusually iriflarried through its entire course , even to the ' second' bowels . : iThe colon was likewise inflamed . The cavity , of the body appeared _heatyhy , and _ the deceased seemed to have been strong andhealthy . ' The inner coat of the stomach

      uporiits being opened _. ' had ap unusual appearance of inflammation ; to _siich _' an extent as to awaken the suspicions of witness , and to induce him to send it to Mr . Herapath ,. the celebrated 'texicologist and chemist , of _Bristd . In his opinion death was caused by some unusual inflammation , caused by the presence of . _sorrie'irritatitig ' substarice . ' The appearances were different from those of Ordinary inflammation . -Police-constable _ThomasiBearu , No . 24 , deposed to being present at . the post mortem examination , and to having conveyed the stomach and its contents to Bristol , and delivered it . torMr . . Herepath . Witness knew John Jones , of Caehmawf , and had heard him say about two months ago he purchased two pennyworth of arsenic'in Mr ::-Humphries ' s shop , at

      Aberystwith . He told witness that the'deceased , Ann Jones , had directed him to make the purchase , saying thatBhe wanted a bit of arsenic to kill some rats . He further said that ke wag served byanassistant to Mr . Humphries , whom he should know again _, f David Jones , [ apprentice to Mr . ' Humphries ,, druggist , of Aberystwith , deposed that about ' a riionth"or five weeks ago he sold some poisph . ' to _' a middle-aged woman . Rowlands , Mr . Humphries ' s _, porter , was present at the time . 'He sold : half an : ounce by weight , and was paid twopence for it ; he wrapped it in white paper , and wrote upon it " poison , " both in English and Welch . He asked the woman what she wanted it for , and she said it was to kill Tats . He asked her if she was quite certain itwas for rats , and

      So ? . ' _^^* do y ° u think I want to poison myself ? ; Witness asked her where she lived , but had forgotten the place she mentioned . . Rowlands said he knew tbe place , and that it was a respectable farm . Ihe woman got quite angryf ' with witness for quesr tionmg her so . He could not say positively that the _accused'was the person _.: She was about the height of the accused , but stouter ; he did not think that she was the person . He sold _poison once before to a _mnnv but he should not know him again . ' " David Davies , apprentice to Mri Humphries , deposed that on Saturday last-John'Jones , of Caenmawr , came to the shop 'in company with ; the prisoner ' s mother , andaskedhira , whether _, he"h ' ad ' sold poison to ariy one . Upon Mr . Jones asking him who

      he thought had bought it—wasi itthe _woriiatif & t Ponttyrhedfeudigaed ? , He replied ' , '* ' Yes _^ . '" _^ ' Mr . ' Jones then said , he had bought som _^ _priisori bjithself for the woman who' was dead to kill rats _^ ith _^ aiid that the woman had told him he was to . be sure arid ! not mention it to anybody . .-. Witness asked Mr .-Jone 3 what quantity he had sold him _^ and > whether or not he had marked it . JoneS _repliedL-theit he had sold him half an ounce for twopence ; arid _^ th ' at _^ here was ' some writing upon it , but he could got say ' what ! _Withess told him that he was wforigTarid that' to the best of his knowledge he had never seen him before . " Mr . Jones then changed colour , ' andjie ' arid the woman went away together . To the . bestofhiB knowledge he never

      sold poison at any tiin ' e to John Jones . He sold some about the beginning of last month to a Woman in the neighbourhood : of _Po-attrvnedfemgaetl . ¦ _" _-. ' She W _8 S dressed like the _accu-Jed , but' he could not identify her _astthat person . . He thought he should _. know tliat woman if he saw her again . He believed sho said when she bought the poison that ' _sbe lived near Ponttyrhe dfendigaed / arid Rowlands , 'who was present , said he knew the farm she named very well , and that it was a very respectable-farm . Rowland Rowlands , deposed to having been present when the poison was sold . It was an older woman than the prisonor and a taller woman that bought it . He had known the accused for years , " sa *

      was not the person . „ . j Charles Jones , son of the deceased , was calj eu » and asked whether he had told any one tbat be m « beeh to Mr . Huraphries's to buy poison . . He rep"" ** iin the negative . , _•„ . i Evan Evans deposed that he had caused the m iquest to be holdeu . He sent , for a policeman arwr . Mrs . _Jonesls death , because he knew that she W been abused . In July , 1849 , Mrs . Jones , the « ¦ ceased , ' caine from Pengraig , . because she said suo ' could get no peace there . She said that her _daugor ! ter-in-law ( the prisoner ) had thrown her down stairs .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 19, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19101850/page/6/