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      ®| e fSfctrosolte . BbAITH OF IiOSDOS DBRIKG IHeWrpv T % * ^ 3 = Sasffi £ weeks , ice present return shows that only 837 gSfssarst-ssftaa ! tarns made for the same week in the lit ten years , shows that in any of the nine weeks the mortality iias not been si slow as at the present time . In the ^ " ^ Ponding week of 1841 the deaths were 840 ; in that of 184 b they were 1 , 115 , after cholera had given warning of its presence . Only 11 deaths from cholera , . 1 I If

      were registered in last week . In the three preceding weeks they were successively 110 , 41 , and 25 , declining hy nearly a geometrical progression . Of the 11 , one occurred in Lower North-street , Chelsea ; two in the workhouse of St . Martia-iu-the-Fieldsfone having been that of a girl brought from a house in -Bedfordbnry , the condition of which is minutely descnued by the registrar ;) one in Claremont-place , Orays-m-lane ; one in George-yard , Saffron-hill ; two at No . 12 , Seven Step alley , Gravel-lane ; one in the Lunatic Asylum , Hoxton-house ; one in JJaidstone-place , " a very low and ill-drained spot in -HaggerctoneEast ; " one at 4 Paternoster-raw .

      Snitalfields . where the mother of the deceased died five days aft « rwardsof " diarrhoea ; " and one in Wycombe place , Kent-road . In the last week 40 deaths were registered from diarrhoea and dysentery { the average « V ? , tlie three Pro ™"" "weeks they were 105 , 53 , and ol . Two of these , in the present return , occurred in JenningB ' -bttildings , 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 . Themortality from smallpox and meaaleg continues unusually low . A woman 57 years of age died of "inflammation fromaulomstone lodging , 33 days before death , in thecoion . and producing thickeningand complete

      , obstruction . " In two cases intenperance is stated to h v ? been the cause of death . The mean reaiiog of the barometer at Greenwith was upwards of 30 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 of the same week in 7 yeans . Alleged Suicide bt a Gevtleman of Fortune . —On Saturday last Mr . W . Carter held aninquestat the Eero of Waterloo Inn , Waterloo-road , as to the death of Henry Thompson , Esq ., aged fifty-nine , of Thomliill Cottage , Southampton , irho was supposed to have committed suicide under the following curious circnmstances . The deceased arrived by the rail on Wednesday afternoon , and engaged a bed

      at the Southampton coffee-house , Waterloo-road , and the following morning the servant went to call him about eleven o ' clock , but no answer being returned , the door was 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 blood Issued , and he continued in the same way until abontibnr in the afternoon , when he expired . Upon Mr . 2 ? ott , the undertaker , removing the body into a coffin he discovered between the mattress and bed an empty phial , whichsmeU of laudanum , and this circumstance leading to a suspicion that the deceased had destroyed himself , Mr . Brookes made a post mortem examination of the body , bnt was unable 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 , " Natural death from the effects of apoplexy . " The deceased was a fiue robust man , and was said to have had a considerable sum of money in his possession at the time of his death . Mtsteriods Death is the Serpbntinb River . —On Saturday Ia 3 t Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Rose and Crown , Knightsbridge , on the body of a middle-aged man who was found in the Serpentine River , under very suspicions 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 ffas 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 , aud Wellington boots . In his pocket -was a paper , carefully folded , headed " Creditors of Covent Garden Theatre , 1810 , " as follows : — " Copeland , builder , £ 59 . 387 ; Martin , builder , £ 8 , 365 ; White , timber merchant , £ 14 , 802 ; Tathamsnd Bailey , upholders , £ 2 , 728 ; Bernascone , plasterer , £ 4 , 065 ; Boyce , ironmonger , £ 7 . 342 ; Morris , ditto , £ 8 , 079 ; Bendley , smith , £ 4 , 809 ; Briggs , plumber , £ 1 , 915 ; Baxter , ditto , £ 1 , 526 ; Smart and Richardson , brick layers ,- £ 2 , 418 ; Smith , £ 5 , 064 ; Dixon , painter and decorator , £ 8 , 927 . —Total , £ 130 , 790 . " The paper had evidently been a long while in his possession , and may possibly lead to his identity . _ Mr . Wooller , the Surgeon , examined the body , but without openiog it was unable to state the cause of death . The inquiry was adjourned for that purpose , and the police were ordered to make the most searching investigation into the suspicious affair .

      EXTJUORDISAR ? IkVESTIGATIOK AT HACKNET . — A lengthened inquiry was held before Mr . Baker , the coroner , at the Dake of Clarence , Donnes-terrace , Hackney , on Saturday , respecting the death of Mr . George Rowland Smith , aged sixty-four , a solicitor , who died from starvation , under the following melancholy circumstances : —JIrs . Mary M'Donald , of 5 , Orchard Cottages , deposed that the deceased had redded with her for the last twenty-four years . His friends were highly respectable , and his father , who was also a solicitor , was well known in the profession , and was in possession of an extensive practice , which the deceased and a brother iaherited on his death . The deceased was unable to follow his profession , in consequence of being both . mentally aud

      bodily debilitated . Witness was allowed £ 2 per week for his support until about fourteen years since , when the deceased signed a deed , and since that period she Bad only been allowed £ l a week . —By the coroner : 5 Che money was 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 , Iloiborn . Witness senerally received the money from the principal clerk to this solicitor . —By a juror : Witness believed that the deed related to the deceased signing his 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 no w twenty

      five years of age , was notaware of the purport of the deed . —Examination continued : When witness was receiving £ 2 a week it was paid by deceased ' s brother , wao , 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 aay clothes out of the £ 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 to see him , and when they did , be 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 eat any solid food , and it was only by artifice that he was induced to swallow a little isinglass . During the last few days he appeared very weak an > i feeble , and Mr . Groseomte , a surgeon , was caUVi in , but he gradually sank , and expired on Wednesday last . — Mr . Groseomte sad , the deceased laboured under several delusions—that by taking solid food it was unnecessarily prolonging life , and that If Ii . ii swallowed acy food it would suffocate him . Witness had no doubt that the deceased had died from exhaustion , which had been produced by abstaining from taking any solid food . —By the coroner Witnessed no doubt fhat the deceased was decidedly insane . —A juror remarked that the deceased was no doubt iu the same state when he signed the deed . —

      Mr . Andrews , the summoning officer , said that the I solicitor ' s clerk had been to him , and in the presence I of Mr . Groseomte said the deceased was always per-1 fecUyin Vtt senses . —Thepury asked if the clerk , or ] any of deeeasei ' s relatives -were present 1 Mr . Andrews said they were not ; and also said the clerk directed that the deceased should be buried six hours after hi 3 death , and that no mourners would I 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 anv inquisition until some of the relatives were present to explain satisfactorily how the 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 lm- 1 possible to make out a case against any person , inj consequence of the deceased having refused to take Ids food . Death had been clearly proved to have been caused by the deceased ' s own folly , and in that court they could not inquire about the property . —After a long consultation , in which several of the jnrv wished for an adjournment , for the purpose of having the friends of the deceased exposed . The jury returned the following special verdict : — 1 hat the deceased had died from exhaustion , produced by abstaining from eating solid food , while labouring under iusanity ; and thejurors cannot separate without expressing an opimion that there is much blame attached so the relatives of the deceased , in not properly attending to him during life . "

      Alarming Occureekce . —On Sunday afternoon , about four o'clock , one hour before high water , a large sailing vessel , laden vith soft sand , the property of 3 Ir . Pass , of Ifine Elms , was proceeding up the river from Woolwich , and when opposite Blackfriars Steam-b . iat pi « r the captain let go her anchor for the purpose of bringing her up . Unfortunately , the chain was foul , and the crew were unable to slncksn it sufficiendy to make the anchor hold , and the consequence w-s that the yards of the vessel came in contaottrithihefourtharch on the nortlwvesfc side of

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      Blackfriars-bridge . By so doing the yards sprang , and the 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-masfcer , and Carey , one of the extra men , came alongside the vessel , fortunately succeeded in rescuing the crew of the sunken vessel , aud conveyed them ashore . 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 , and for a moment or two the lives of the crews belonging to both the large vessels , as well as those who so heroically put off from the pier , were greatly jeopardised , but fortunately the headmast of the notatoevawl was low enoush to allow it

      to pass under the bridge . If such had not been the case the whole must have been drowned . Sejobub Solemn . —On the 2 ndinst . Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Westminster Hospital , on the body of Jane Bond , aged 51 , who destroyed herself in the 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 the night she and her husband fell down stairs together . Shewas taken to the hospital , and a slight bruise was found on her forehead , but in her pockets she had two phial 3 which had contained laudanum ; and as she died the 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 been in a disturbed atatft lately , and a verdict of " Temporary insanity " was returned .

      Inquest on ins Body of the lite General Sir G . Axso . v . —On Tuesday afternoon , at four o ' clock , a jury , which consisted of twelve of the most respectable householders in Chelsea , assembled in the library room attached to the Royal Hospital , to inquire into the circumstances attending tho death of the late distinguished general officer , Sir George Anson , G . C . B ., who ditd at his official residence on Sunday last . The evidence of the 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 tho deceased , Sir George Anson , died suddenly , and that his death was m-oduced

      from natural causes . " Tee Late Explosion in BERUoNDSEt .-rOa Tuesday the f ury impanelled to inquire into . the cause of the death of the four unfortunate beings who lost their lives by the late explosion at a fire work manufactory in Beraondsey , assembled at the King John ' s Head , near the old church , Bermondsey . The names of the deceased persons are George Barlow , | 46 ; William Barling , 20 ; James Barling , 4 years ;; and Thomas Barling , 18 months . —The coronerinquiredastothestate in which the four individuals were , who , at the time of their' last meeting , were lying dangerously ill at Guy ' s Hospital ? Mr . Slow , the summoning . officer , said he had 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 of the fireworks , and the occupier of the house where the explosion took place , had recovered , and was in attendance . The inquiry was again adjourned till the 18 th of December . Respite of the Cosvict Jobdjlv . —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 Ewingsj at Dnlwich 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 pertectly careless as to what became of him .

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      mittee formed to assist , him in m | ., dlspute with tSe authorities of the diocese-of Exeter : ~" Inth gyear 1842 Mr . Hooker was appointed a deputy in the choir of the Exeter cathedral , which situation he continued to fill f ° r ab 0 ve two years , when a vacancy occurred in the office of secondary ; to which the present organist stBongly recommended Mr . Hooker , when he was accordingly promoted by the dean aud chapter , and duly installed as secondary . A few months since a report was made to the dean nd chapter by the organist , to the effect that Mr . Hooker was genera lly inefficient as a singer , 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 produce

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

      view of the 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 2 Tth 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 Btall , 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 testimonials of his general good characterand attention to his duties

      , , thereby admitting they have no complaint against him on this hand . Mr . Hooker has been strongly advised by all his 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 powerfur body will necessarily entail upon him . In order to enable him to try the question , it will be necessary to appl y 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 Murder at Durham . —The name of tnesufferer m 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 KicharJson , 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 *?« others , to fight him , 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 getting up , and the parties struggling further , until bane got Maley down on another bed . During the Straggle Sime's wife entered , and shouted to her

      nusoanaw ; np the— . ' a guta 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 stob Maley m the abdomen iu two places , from both of whjch the bowels protruded . Assistance was obtained , and the unfortunate man was conveyed to the union house , where medical aid was speedily afforded him , but veiy faint hopes are entertained of his recovery . As soon as the deed had been perpetrated bime ran out of the house and fled , but he returned in the course of the day , and was apprehended by the police . Maley ' s deposition was formally taken ^ on Sundav last .

      # Suicide from Jbaloust .. —On tho 30 th nit ., 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 bavo lived in the village upwards of fifty years . The deceased had been in the service of'Mrs . Hume , of Tritlington Broom , near Earsdon , about four years and a half , and was a faithful and diligent servant . Mrs , Hume had been from home on Sunday , and on her return in the evening observed the deceased to be much depressed in spirits . On the following morning she was called at four o ' clock , having to be enga ged in washing ; half an hour afterwards she lef t the house , and not returning , her mistress

      became alarmed , and immedintly Bent servants in search of her . Her body ¦ was found about eight o clock the same morning in Earsdon Burn ' , lying in about two feet depth of water , and on being taken out in the presence of her mother , wasr found to be quite dead . Her bonnet was found lying on the side of the stream , inside of which was found a letter addressed to her parents , of which the following 4 sa copy ; "Dear Father and Mother , Ibid farewell to you all , for my heart is broken , and I must die , and Wm . Atkinson is the case ( cause ) of thi 3 ; give my kind love to him , and I hope he wUl sometimes think of me , and I hope Go'd wul forgive me for all my wicked sins . —Ellen Aynaley . " 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 . " . Worcestershire . —Child Kiixed by Administe ] inta Laudanum . -- 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 care of the neighbour ' s daughter , but as it had been very restless the day bofore , and she feared that its nurse would not be able to keep

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

      she brought it to Worcester , and took it to a druggist ; he referred her to a medical man , and she called upon Mr . Walter Jones , surgeon , Collegeyard , who however found that ho could do nothing to save the child , and it died the next moving . The mother ' s general conduct seemed entirely to free her from suspicion of having had any improper motive in the administration of the 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 . The Birmingham Cattle Show . —The ground in Lower Essex-street , intended for the Cattle show next month , is being rapidly enclosed , under the superintendence of Mr . Samuel Brigg * . Tho main

      building will be 320 feet long , and 100 feet wide , with several subdivisions ; the chief one being a partition seven feet high , along the whole length of the 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 bensts , 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 . The area will be surmounted with a roof in one span , with a cupola running the whole length of the building , six feet above the roof , for light and ventilation , and there will also be thirty-eight laree skv

      lights mthe root , la addition to these' offices have been assigned for the committee and secretary , with store-rooms for meal , straw , 4 c . The building will be lighted throughout with gas . Mr . Ottley , of Snow-HU , 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 iu Wakefield arising out of the determination of the authorities to put a stop othei 5 th of November demonstrations . It appears that the custom has been , for a century past , to celebrate the anniversary of the gunpowder plotby bonfires , in the Bull-ring , triangular space in front of the Stratford Arms Hotel ; but this vcar itwas resolved to put them down . Accordingly , at seven o clock , the whole of the police for ™ VUn

      marcnett into the liull-nng , and kept it clear . The mob . however , assembled in Cross-square , where they kindled an immense bonfire . Here they iemted a tar-barrel , and rolled it through into the followed by a great crowd of persons . Two of the foremost of these were seized by the police , and a cry of rescue was instantly raised . Immediately the pokcewere beset on all sides , and the men 53 after some sharp fighting . Some of the rescuers however , were in turn seized ; the whole of the ItWv r 0 UD J ' ^ - arcl } ed off in tue Action ofthepohce-office . Opposite the Court-house hpinopursued bythe mob . they halted , formed U ftS their . w 7 i $ ^ a most s <™ us Sire h 7 stantlyfollowed . Stones , bricks , aud mis Ef all descriptions were hurled upon the officers like a storm of hail . Oueofthm was knock efdoin in-, sensible , and several others struck severely : and in

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      the end , so imminent was their , danger , that . it was deemed prudent to beat a precipitate retreat , fhe ffiob followed until the police teached ^ the station ; and then nearly all of them returned to the fire . But it was found that mapy of the rioters . had been 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 police-spy , was brutally beaten , and had he not found refuge in the Boy and Barrel Inn , he would in all probability have been murdered . About eleven Jclock the Major ( G . W . Hamson , Esq ., ) backed bv the whole police force of the borough—intelligence having been received that the mob had partially dispersed—marched to the Ball-ring , to pufcout thefire ; but before theycould succeed , the police had been again stoned , the mayor had had his hat knooked off , and been injured by stones , and the chief constable had been knocked down ^ and trampled on . Order ; howeverwas eventually rtstored by midnight .

      , The Third Dragoon Guards . —Nottingham Tue sday . —This day , a court-martial was held at the cavalry barracks , ' near Nottingham , ugon three of the worst offenders connected with the late insubordiaation . The proceedUgs were of a much more interesting character than any that transpired at the oourts-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 puousned until the proceedings shall have terminated . It will be remembered that Knox was actively engaged in the affray 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 Sergeant-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 even * ing . 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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      called from"the-bar pan ^ the calL . ^ h en helmed to -the' kitchen tha ? . S r t d * 1 ** ° " ^* h »* »* d be said to £ I' Do not take thesethings from the draweragain , ai i isjery improper to . have such thingsin a room . '' At that moment he was oiled to the bar again , p « Se T h ? he met theofficer Re <» ° ni » tfae EKiiJ if-V ° ? 8 aid - '" WiU you allow me to mmmi

      Mr . Edward Halford , surgeon of Hnmmo « m- # i . the medical attendant of ifiitaSBS st ated tha on the 4 th of October , late in the e 3 he was called in to see Mr . Monkhouae . He found him suffering from a wound in the neck , which seemed to have been produced by a pistol shot , He continued to attend him , and for about a fortnight Mr . Monkhouse was in . imminent danger . The wound was now healed , but Mr . Monkhouse was not yet perfectly recovered . This was the case against the prisoner . —Mr . Beadon then asked the prisoner if he had anything to say , now that he had heard all the evidence against him , giving him the usual caution , that he was not bound to say anything unless he choose , but that if

      he did it would be taken down in writing , aud mi ght be used against him on the trial . —The prisoner made no reply , but it was intimated that he would reserve his defence till the trial . —The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial at the ensuing Old . Bailey Sessions .

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      TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA . ( From the New Bedford ( Mass . ) Mercury ' 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 juffer ingg of a boat ' s crew belenging to tbe Janet , comprising the captain and five others , which ig 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 N . | longitude 104 yf ., while cruising for vihales , a shoal of sperm whales appeared in sight from tbe

      Janet , and three boats lowered in pursuit . Captain Hosmer's boat ' s crew consisted of himself , Francis Hawkins , tbira 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' his whale , and was towing him to the ship , from some inadvertence on the part of the third mate in putting about , the boat capsized ; with loss of boat keg , lantern keg , boat bucket , compass , paddles , &c . The crew succeeded in righting the boat , anil lashed the oars to tbe thwarts across the boat , to

      prevent her from overturning , she being filled with water , and tbe 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 ihe other two boats teke their whales alongside the barque , which was then kept off in the direction for his boat ; but , to his surprise and homr , when within about one mile of him , they 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 lint attached to the

      whale , and succeeded in setting some pieces of the boat sail , and steered towards the barque thea about threa miles distant . During the night , they saw a light at intervals , but in the morning the barque was about the same distance off . Every expedient was resorted to , by making signals , to attract the attention of those on board the 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 as

      before , hoping to regain the barque , but soon found that she receded from them , aud it was then determined to put about to tbe wind , and remain , whatever the consequences might be . On the second morning , tbe 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 net crew , all on board having been up to their arms in the water

      during the last 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 the Peruvian coast , a distance of about one thousand miles , as the nearest land . Ac , cordingly , the piece of sail was used to the best advantage , aud the ceiling of tbe boat was torn up and 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 the unfortunate victim upon whom tbe lot fell met his fate with perfect resignation 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 , Capl . H . was compelled to rely entirely upon bis jud gment 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 remark , able 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 tbe crew , administering greatly to their relief . On the 13 th ef July , land was discovered in an easterly direction , which proved to be Cocus island ( uninhabited ) , lying in lat . 5 dee . 27 min . N .. Ion . 37 . 55 .

      Captain H . aud the other survivors succeeded in , reaching it , but in an almost helpless condition . They , however , secured a pig , and drank Us blood , which revived their exhausted strength , and also obtained a plentiful supply of birds and fresh water , After remaining two days upon the island , they were overjoyed by witnessing tbe approach of a boat , which proved to belong to the ship Leonidas whaler , Captain Swift , of this portthen lying in Chatham

      , Bay , for the purpose of procuring wood ana water , and , were relieved from their dreadful sufferings by being taken on board the ship , aud treated with every possible attention and kindness . The names of those who perished on board the boat , are Francis Hawkins , third mate , ol Augusta , Me ; James fairman , seaman , of Ohio ; Henry Thompson , seaman , of Philadelphia , Pa ; Henry Charlez , place of residence unknown .

      / Captain Hosmer arrived at Payta , August 21 st , from which place his letter ta us is dated . We have aso been favoured with an extract of a letter from Jame « A , Crowell , late first mate of tbe Janet , to Henry Wilcox , owner ' s agent , in Westham , dated at Payta , August 1 st . Mr . Crowell , after mentioning Sl » . Hi 5 5 J ee boats P uttin 8 off fa whateai aa above stated adds :- " At three p . m ; I bad m whale alongside , and soon the ship came to me ; and when I got ou board , there vtm but one boat in sight , and that vras five miles to tbe leeward of the ship . I went down to it with tbe ship , and found that it was the second mate ' s boat . He had seen captain Hosraer two houiB previously , fast to a whale , and went to the leeward of him when last

      seen from his boat . We proceeded in the direction m which the captain ' s boat had been last seen , and UrtoaU night wtfrdl nib sek , and with all m lights fixed . In the morning saw nothing of the boat . We craned three days , but unfortunately without meeting anv trace of her . " In the meantime four of < mr hands were sick from fatigue , and we were under the necessity of making the best of our way othh port ( Payta . ) We had taken 100 SW ° J tb 8 la 8 tten days previously , and Iost 200 barrels during the same time by losing lines . 1 expect the captain ' s boat was takeadown by a foul line , as he had a new line in his boat , coiled two days previous to the accident , We saved one whale the aaythe accident happened .

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      $$ e promme * . Mysterious Discovery op Human Remains at Birmingham . —A somewhat curious discovery has been accidentally made of a human skeleton , under cireumstancGs that certainly gives rise to suspicion of foul play . The manner in which the remains were discovered was this :-A number of boys 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 are in the grate which was 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 that the chimney might 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 , ran off , but at length some of them bolder thau 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

      human skull 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 bones 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 Sir . C . Porter and Mr . "Watson , surgeons , and their opinion was that thoy were 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 . No person could be recollected as having been missed , or as having disappeared . The stable itself has not been built more than four or five years , so that the deposition of tbe bones must have been made at a comparatively recent period . Mr . Hathbury has only occupied the premises for tho last nine months , and never had afire 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 an inquest , and in all probability the person of whem these remains once formed a part , the manner of death , or the motives which placed them there , will never be discovered . Lancashire . —Fatal Accidkki on the Wtrk

      Railway . —On the 2 nd mst . a man was accidentally killed on the "W yre 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 llindley , near Wigan , was a stoker on the Ace of Trumps engine , and vras engaged in hooking the engine to some waggons , near the iron bridge on the Wyre Railway , adjacent to Mr . BasbalTs mill , when the smoke box caught his foot and threw Mm down . He contrived to scramble six or seven yards before the engine , but was not able to recover his

      footing , and as the 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 the 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 , I where he had been removed , but their assistance could be of no avail , the poor fellow being fearfully hurt . He lingered hut a couple of hours . -

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

      noxious gases venerated hi those cesspools . The coroner , therefore , in compliance with the wish of the jury , drew the attention of the visiting magistrates to these facts , and suggested that the cesspools should be done away with , and aproper system of sewerage established . AstO tneliumaiiiiy and necessity of adopting this recommendation , there can be no doubt . At the adjourned quarter sessions , held on the 27 th ult , a proposition wasmade to atond the 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 iliedeotors' side of the prison to SUuside , can hardly be contemplated .

      Ihe Dean and Chapter of Ejeteraxd Mr . UOOKER .-The following statement connected with the case of , Mr . Hooker , one of the secondaries of the Exeter cathedral , has kea issued by a com-

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      Smann » The Plantation Schsme . —To those wbo were favourable to the project of the reclamation of Connaughtbytlie introduction of English settlers and English capital , to replace the present race of impoverished proprietors , the all but total failure of the attempt to dispose of the Martin estates in Galwajfhas proved a " heavy blow and great discouragement . " Persona having an intimate acquaintance with the nature ofc the 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 tho hopelessness of competing with English capital , having combined to deter Irish speculators from embarking in the 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 .

      Tine Ikish Landlord Moteueht . —Tho Limmck Chronicle gives the following particulars relative to the movement recently got up by LordMonteagle and other landed proprietorsin the south of Ireland : " The preliminary meeting ,- at which LordMonteaglo presided , came to the resolution of appointing subcommittees of inquiry in every parish , to report direct to a baronial committee upon the actual state of the landlords and farmers under the operation of poor-law tax , county cess , and rent , tho aggregate charges amounting , it is certain , in many instances , at the present reduced price of farming produce , to-tho fee simple value of land itself , and in some cases exeeding that standard . There must also he taken into account the dire domestic

      privations ndured for the last three years of famine , the general flight of tenants with the landlords' rent , the desertion of tho land , impoverished to the last decree by the runaways , yet for whose dishonesty and abuse of solemn contract the unfortunate proprietor is held responsible , the abandoned farms being still subject to accumulation of poor rate and taxes . Then comes the distraint , the impounding , the s&le and sacrifices of property ; while tho 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 wile and seven children for three months of tho past twolve , without the ordinary comfort of a meat dinner , a cup of weak tea or coffee , and tho vegetables of the kitchen garden , commonly furnishing the table of this most wretched household , incredible and appalling as this may appear , we have been assured it is not a solitary instance of tho excessive want and privation known to exist . Whonthe district committees shall have completed their important local inquiries , the entire mass of

      facts will he submitted to a central committee , Who ' undertake the duty of making a concise digest of the painful evidence , to be laid before his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the First Lord of the Treasury , by a deputation of the members of both houses , who represent this county in the imperal parliament . Then shall wo 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 tiro most persecuting and oppressive of any yet imposed upon the poorest nation in the world , and the inevitable consequences of which must he universal bankruptcy and beggary for Irishmen .

      Repeal' Association . —The Repeal Association met as usual on Monday , at Conciliation Hall . The attendance was scanty ; Mr . Michael Murphy presided . Mr . John O'Conndl handed in £ 2 , the renewed subscription of the Right llcv . Dr . 0 'IIiggins , Roman Catliplic Bishop of Ai'dagh , and called attention to a letter of the Most Rev . Dr . M'Hale . He then praised the speech recently delivered by Count Montalembert in the French Assembly ; accused the revolutionary leaders throughout the Continent of cowardice , incapacity , and ferocious conduct , and concluded by moving the insertion

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

      The Fifth of NovEMBEn . —It seems by the following statement , furnished by the reporter of . the Northern Whig , that but for tbe measures talcen by government , aided by the good sense of some of the " leaders" of the 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 th 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 Ballyaahinch , I learned that the

      Orange grand and deputy grand mastera of the county had , assembled there on Wednesday , Oct . 31 , and , resqlved 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 Light Dragoons , two , . companies of the 13 tu Light Infantry ,, ., and a . sub-inspector , a head constable , and thirty police . frQBi the county of Dublin . The Orangemen had originally intended to walk to a place called ; Dunmore , a townland about three miles from BaUynahinch , and adjoining a mountain district wbichis almost exclusively inhabited by Roman

      Catliolics ; but , in consequence of the resolution entered , into by the ' masters , ' they reBolved on celebrating the anniversary by meeting in their lodgerooms . 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 eo in procession over Dolly ' s Brae , that the Ribandmen were determined to meet them and oppose their progress , Happily , tta Omgemen dm not walk in this quarter , and inconsequence the Ribandmen were not ' called out . I went myself over Dolly ' s Brae , and did not see the slightest symptom of preparation on the part of the inhabitants of that

      ( Usenet . At Castlewellan there were stationed a f * ° , P ° Lt ^ e « 13 t ? 1 Light Dragoonsand two companies of the 9 th Regiment , together with a sub-inspeetor , a head-constable , and fifty police . During the day patros of police were sent out of the different roads leading from the town , but were it not for tho e \ ' ? ? they m ' 1 Bht a ! nvcl 1 havo been in barrack . At Rathlrjland I found there were stationed a trSop ot the ldth Light Dragoons , two companies of tho eoth Regiment , about sixty police , all under orders to be ready at a moment ' s notice ; but , happily , up to tho tune I left , their services had not been required , nor from the appearance of things An 1

      imagine they havo been . At Hilltown there were stationed a troop of the 17 th Lnnoera , a company of the 051 k Regiment , and » hcad-oonstablo , and thirty policemen . Hero , us in tir o foromonUnnod ulaccs no procowiou took place , wul puuco ami good order picynjieu .

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      THE- ATTEMPTED -PARRICID . B ^ ATCHISWICK . Henry Bathurst Monkhouse , tne young man charged with having attempted to murder his father by firing piatols at him , was finally , examined at the Hammersmith Police Court , on Tuesday . Wbile his father was giving his evidenca the prisoner turned his eves away from him , as if he was .. "" - " ..

      anxious to avoid a recognition , but ; the father clpBely serutiniied 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 medical witnesi 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 had 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 the 4 th of October last , between seven and eight o ' clock , he was on the rank in the Minories , when the prisoner came up and engaged him to Chiswick for 14 a . The prisoner did not appear quite sober . They went into a publichouse together opposite the stand ,, and tbe prisoner entered the parlour . After witness had partaken of a glass of rum , which the prisoner had ordered for him , he went into tbe parlour , where he saw the prisoner with his hand on some silver , which was

      lying on the table , which made him observe to the landlady , " He seems to have a good deal of money about him . " They then proceeded on the journey , and on the way they looked in at several publichouses , on the road . They called at the White Horse , in High-street , Knightsbridge , where the prisoner appeared to be known , and where they 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 that he was in earnest about bringing tbe rent , they resumed their journey , still stopping at public-bouses on the way , and drinking at . each .

      When they cane to the Black Lion , in Black Lionlane , they stopped again . The prisoner spoke to tha landlady who seemed to know him , and witness bad something to drink , but did not see the prisoner have any . It was brandy the ; had . The prisoner then got up on the box of the cab and directed witness where to drive to , and when they came to Mr . Monkbouie ' s residence the prisoner requested witness to get down , ring the 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 him The female closed the gate , and after being absent for a few minutes , she returned , when the prisoner came up and rushed past her , disregarding her statement that he must send in bis name , observing , " I will go in and see bim myself . " The prisoner then went in aiid . closed the gate after bim , and witness returned to his cab . Shortly afterwards he heard a report of firearms , and tbe prisoner then joined him in the cab , directing him to drive on . Witness asked him •« What was that noise I heard , ' and he said , smilingly , " Oh , that ' s nothing , " or words to the effect of « ' that's not here . " Witness

      then drove to a publie-house in the main road , and there asked the prisoner to settle with him , when he said be wanted to go to Eating . Witness replied that he could not go , a 3 it was his time home . The prisoner said , " Tou must go ; and I will give you 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 him to a house up the lane , where witness believed tbe prisoner ' s brother resided . The prisoner rung the bell several times , 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 , tbe constable came up and took , him into cuBtody .

      Elizabeth Barnes , housemaid in tbe service of Mr . John Earner 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 beard a ring at her master ' s gate bell , when she went out and saw the last witness , who asked if Mr . Monkhouse was at home . She replied , " . yes" and asked the cabman bis 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 the house , which was about five or six' yards from the

      gate , she saw her master standing on thethreshold . She told him 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 gatei 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 her down , andsaid : " I am a Monkhouse , and I will speak to him . " He rushed forward to the house , and she immediately afterwards heard two reports as of fire-arms . 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 ! " bounded past her , and ran out of the premises . She ran into the house , where she saw her master crawling on his bands and knees towards tbe parlour with blood upon his throat . She and her mistress assisted him into tbe 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 heard him say to her master , stamping his foot upon the ground , " This is the last time I will ever cross the threshold of your door . "

      John Farmer Monkhouse , of Cbiswick-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 ray gate bell . I went to the front door when the maid went to tbe gate , and I heard a man say , " A gentleman from 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 Wiluam Camberlain Perfect , the medical gentleman who was called in to see Mr Monkhouse after , he was shot , stated that he found that gentleman vomiting blood , and ordered him to be immediately put to bed . Upon examining ihe neck , he found that a ball had passed through his neck-tie , and perforated the flesh , passing by 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 tbe gullet , striking against the cervical vertebra , and descend ! ing between the external and internal carotid arte . nes , 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 nieht in question of Mr . , Monkhouse having been shot at . and to tracing the cab to the Bell Inn at Baling . He there saw the prisoner , and asked him if his name was not Monkhouse . The pthoner told him that it was not ; but witness told him that he answered tbe description of the person he was after , and he must go with him . Witness then took him to the Ealine police-statioa , where he searched him and found tbe barrel of a pistol in his right hand coat pocket , and iV'S , ! " , . ft ha « d P « H together witb eight bullets and

      about thirteen caps , all of which lenow produced . Th «* was some loose powder in the inside pocket of his great coat . He examined the pistol , and found that it had been recently dischargedI ; and while doing go , the prisoner observed , If I had a brace of loaded pistols , 1 would blow my own brains out . " He then took him to the Hammersmith police-station . On the Sunday nteht J " ?' from inf ° ™ ation he received , he went to Mr . Williams , at Ealing , tbe landlord , of the public bouse , and there receded a powder flask containing gunpowder , and a second piatol , both of wbf Jhe SH ^ ~^ " ^ to *^

      Mr . TJ iUiara Williams , tbe landlord of the Bell I n * at Bjtag , stated that he knew the prisoner by g tra . » a recollected his coming to his house on lhuwday night , the 4 th of October . Hecaneioto wtaewi kitchen between 8 and 9 o ' clock , ^ hee wtaeu was anting , and took from his pockeTs , vvo pistols and a small packet of powder , xrtfon £ l « d on . table . Witness took them up ' and Seeo themma drawer . At that moment Bom . 8 person

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  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1547/page/6/