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      f ^ f ^ Om ASB LOSS OF LIFE . -

      L Tueufisz Ticket dbiven to Mabqate .-P « s ' Tit that left Boulogne at ten o ' clock on V ^ joht for Folkestone enconntered so severe P * ' tie Channel that , instead of making the P in I } , e Litter port , she was forced round to F f , where she was run ashore on Monday r & r at = even o ' clock . All her passengers Rfafo safety , and started for London by railway . r t iccroExr AyD Loss of Tovs Livbs—At Fi i on Monday , a party , consisting of eleven feir rt-pectable gtntkma , left Bristol , ma boat P * 5 to a Mr ! Luff , which was sloop-raged , feihalf-deck . Tnedaywasaveryboister-\ t . itoriBg almost a gale from the S . S . W is "" ^ eavy se . -fOn . Tie boat , however , proceeded ^ 'JTi ^ er and then beat down the Channel , ' tfaSncs ( about twenty-one miles ) . They th i * hant and commenced their return home , rtitfflS aw'Bh * " , H .-Ar-sMn . staiinnmi hp . « lh ;

      ^ r ^ Tno ^ EnVlish and Welsh ; ecn fZh ° n in injudiciously making a tack with [ 0 Bft she shipped a large quantity of water . | S Sen endeavoured to go on the other tack , and jSSfeoifcUr sitting . * « ndward , when she ep ^ ndthev Vei e . course t 0 Reward , and * vSmentlT - heeled over , shipping another sea , w -ie had at least a ton of water on board . * £ n foand to their dismay that the pump ^ filirf ic + and laey commenced baling her as >! f ? lev coald with their hats . On reaching ' ™ Jh tf tfce Avon , at a part called "The e ?> wi eb is a bar of sand at the entrance of tas ^ e boat missed sta ys , and her steersman , Sin Lodge ( wh 0 bas been the commander r Vasel ) suddenly luffed her up in the wind ' s a Ihebeto 2 atthe time under a press of canvas , f * i * is supposed she must have touched the d " for * she immediately heeled over , and

      n ^ ifistanifr sunk , going down stern foremost . mnat elvtbe boat belonging to the custom-house pm * 3 s ' v % s ® 2 at the time , as also a boat benoiDfrto the Ann , and , by their united exertions , SsJied in saving seven of the hapless voyagers , ifrTrfTet to add the other four were lost The JLLVwere landed at PHI , and medical aid W ^ d and restoratives administered , bat we re-# to state that three of them still remain in a * s dangerous staie . Of the four gentlemen % te& , only one body has as yet been recovered , i that of Mr . Jefferies , which was found on get-,, ' iip ihe anchor of a vessel arrived in the basin Bristol on Tuesday morning , ten miles from the , « of the sad accident , and it must have been

      jjwed the whole distance by the anchor . The ages still missing were 3 Ir . William Lodge , who ss steering : Mr . George Packer , and Mr . Bick , jjO rcts a widower , and has left two children . Mr . ijjies has also left a widow and three children to rJore their loss . On Monday evening J . B . Grin-3 , Esq ., coroner for the City of Bristol , within i-ose jurisdiction the river lies , held an inqneston ^ rema ins at the Royal Tavern , Bathurst Basin . nilence corroborating the above statement having go given , the jury relurned a verdict— " That the aased was accidentally drownad . " lass of Life . —Xottisgham . —On Sunday night , £ during the whole of Monday , this town and cnhbotirhbod have been visited by tremendous

      gins of wind and rain , and numerous accidents ire occurred . The tempest commenced at twelve flock on Sunday night , at which time the rain nnied in torrents , the wind in the meantime blowj a perfect hurricane . At one o'clock this morn-» an immense mass of rock was forced down , caricg - « itk it abonfc eight yards of a wall situate in wk-lane , approximating to the back premises of a amber of occupied houses . Shortly before one tfoek this afternoon , whilst a number of people hs standing in the market-place , looking at the nerior of Wombwell ' s menagerie , a tall chimney t lie top of ihe house occupied by Messrs . Hopinson and welsh , grocers , was blown down , and ifallin ? carried aions with it the greater portion

      fcf ihe roof , the front cornice , and a large quantity plead , together -weighing from two to three tons , &ieh , with scarcely a moment ' s ¦ warning , fell hea-Hrnpon the pavement , knocking several people bra , aDd very narrowly missing the roofs of Mr . BKDbwell ' s caravans . Upwards of a dozen persons raebnried in the rains . At the time of the ac-Bdent a servant girl of Mr , Hopkinson ' s looked oat ifraie of the top story windows at the crowd beaaih , her attention being arrested by the awful Ease made by the falling of the bricks and slates . &e was immediately cautioned by the crowd to is from the spot , and was fortunately in time , as & upper parr of the house fell in in a few moats . In the meantime a number of persons

      listened io the assistance of those who nad been cried in the rubbish . A servant and child begging to Mr . TJnthank , surgeon , were the first ex raited . The former was discovered to he severely bred , but strange to say the infant escaped unm , having beenshielded by the girl ' s clothes . In port time ] a boy , named William Morrell , who p been seen a moment before the accident ocsrred standing -roth his father and brother , sear p spot , was dug out of the ruins quite dead . The xher and brother were very little injured . How 2 fv escaped is almost roaraculous , as they were saHy encircled with stones , tiles , < fcc . Further ssreh was made , and a woman named Ellis , a sident of Derby , who came from tnat town in

      p morain ? to Nottingham Goose Fair , was taken Bt of the ruins shockingly hurt . Upon examinasn by the surgeon it was discovered that the injafe she had received were for the most part on pe head , and although perhaps not so serious £ to cause immediate apprehension of her death , Ih 3 ] it is impossible to szj at present how is contusions may terminate . Several other psons were then extricated from the ruins SMy injured . A man named Ingle Morris , a wdstapler , of Cotgrave , a village seven miles from fistown , teas taken ont much injured , and with his Mulder fractured . A number of other persons ^ aealso much injured . The whole of the unforfmates were immediately conveyed to the General

      ( Hospital , and are under the care of the house surpon . In the market-place business is quite at a Band , though it i 8 fair day . On Tuesday afternoon a inquest was held at the General Hospital , near 5 i > ttingham , upon the body of "William Morrell . Se-| T 3 al witnesses were examined , who deposed to the Qeomstances attending the lamentable occurrence . &e jury returned the following -verdict : — " That & deceased died from injuries received by the fall h a chimney and part of the roof of a house in the s * tet-place , snch fall being occasioned by a high "aii" The woman from Derby , Mary Dyr , jfrenty-four years of age , factory-worker , has in a F 7 precarious state , no hope being oRt « rtiuned of fsr ultimate recovery . Tery many <> i :: er accidents 2 ve occurred .

      Inekpool . —On Sunday night the wind , which 3 d been comparatively light , increased until it jfew fresh from the westward , accompanied by ' ^ Ty rains . Subsequently , a complete gale set in , Qe gusts of which were frequent and powerful , ad roared and rattled with great violence over jte more exposed and elevated parts of the town . ™ far as we can learn , however , no accidents have Starred ashore , though afloat , we learn by the ^ rae te legraph , several disasters have ensued , i ori gantiEe drove ashore on Crosby Point , and a empty boat was cast ashore at Southport . portly after nine o ' clock also a schooner got ? 5 a tLe 2 forth Bank , near 2 fo . 9 , per chart . ^ bseqnentlv she drifted off into the vicinitv of

      -H > . 47 per chart , but a steam-tug was near her . : ¦« " crew abandoned her in their own boat at ^ ff-past nine o'clock . The latest telegraphic " ^ Port mentions the capsising of a schooner , the ? e * of which had not been seen , and the dismast-¦ S of a Jarce ship . The Providence , for Africa , 511 ashore on Burbo , and out of a crew of thirty-** there were only thirteen saved . We have a '• Port of a schooner which was driven early upon ?* Sorth Bank , her crew taking to their boats , at ^ a . m ., and the schooner being last seen drifting , ? b a steam-tug near her . A schooner , the Alice , * Knncorn , sunk in Ilolyhead Bay , near Point 312 . '¦ Jew saved by the life'boat . The Selina Lucife , ;« ooner , wrecked on Monday morning , near Point *» Crew saved . The Industry , flat , of Liver-«> i , laden with slate , sunk in Llandudno Bay , on la

      - '¦ day morning . Crew saved . A flat was driven on - * re near 159 , at 9 a . m . A sloop was capsized at ¦ '• M 3 , at 0 . 45 a . m . Crew not heard of . A flat ^ 3 snnk , and another driven on shore at Hoylake , ^ twelve at noon . A large vessel was dismasted , . ^ si gnals of distress flying , near Point 106 , at J- * p . m . A schooner was aground on the high ^ at Point Chart , No . 9 , at * 45 . 9 a . m . J-ehds . —On Monday Leeds was visited by a severe peof wind , which did considerable damage . A ^ chimney , just erected at a cost of several hun" ^ Pounds , on the chemical works of Messrs Ar-^ t ao and Co ., near the side of the river Aire r ^ Woivn down into the water , A new cottage *? " * . erected in Dewsbury-road , was also levelled ^ tn thg ground ; and many trees in the suburb s we siiapijed in two , or torn up by the roots . For-2 ° f iely none of these casualties have been attended *^ loss of life .

      ff ^ 0 Yr __ D ESIE 1 ; CIIOjj OF THE "WORKS AT THE aABBo cn of Refcge . —Tcesdai XiGHi . —The storm * aieh raged throughout nearly the whole of ~ glaud on Sunday last ; was felt most intensely at fiver . During the whole of Sunday afternoon a ?* xj gale prevailed from the south-west , and rose i 0 a hnrrieaae about midnight . About one o ' clock p . Jlondar- morniDg the sea rose to an extreme rfSto , and completely flooded quays and promel ^ es . The works which were being carried on for 166 construction of the Harbour of Refuge were ^ Pfetely destroyed . Enormous piles , eighteen ?? "es square , were snapped asunder , and eyeryi ~ 5 Sopon them overthrown . Three huge diving Jr ^ i which were used in t he construction of the ? » s , were carried away into the sea . At day-J ?^ the harbour was strewn with the fragments ™ we machinery , timber , Ac , and the whole aprored a perfect wreck . Tie worhj have been en-

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      tirrfv snsi > ended , * nd since the catastrophe the l £ m&Wnf ^ he Jnen have been devoted to thereco-SSTuiemK ^ . Up « c ; Tuesday night , howfiTpr thev tod only succeeded in finding one of the dirine bells . It is estimated that the damage done will amount to many thousand pounds ( probably Sards of £ 10 , 000 ) , as besides the materials , the air pumps , traversers , cranes , and other machinery , have all been injured or lost . The Chanxei . —In'the vicinity of the Downs , throug hout the whole of Sunday night , the gale was very alarming . It continued till an advanced hour on Monday , causing much damage to the fleet of vessels usually riding about this part ot the Channel . The Isabella , from London , bound to

      TJlverstone , had one of the crew blown overboard , and the poor fellow perished . In the course of the night the Freetrader , bound to Coqnimbo , came in collision near Beachy with the Avenger , a brigantine , bound to London . Mr . Pitts , the master of the latter vessel , and fire or six of his crew , succeeded getting on board the Freetrader , but the remainder , six it is thought , were driven away with their vessel by the gale , and eventually were lost sight of . About midnight on Sunday a melancholy wreck took place near the prominent neck of land known as Snngeness . A Dueth galliot , called the Juffrow Jantze , laden with a cargo of iron , and bound to Frederikswark , in Norway , from Cardiff , was driven ashore in the East Bay . The poor

      creatures on board had not the least opportunity of saving themselves , and neither could any assistance be afforded them from the land . In a very short time the vessel , with all on board , with the exception of one man , who miraculously enough managed to battle his way through the surf , was lost . Ibelahd . —From the following paragraph appended to a letter in the Freeman ' s Journal , it appears that the storm of Sunday night raged withstill greater violence in the west oi Ireland than in Dublin : — " At eleven o ' clock last night this town was visited by a violent gale , which continued to blow with almost terrific fury until past three

      o ' clock this morning , when it abated , and was succeeded by heavy showers of rain . Such was the force of the storm , that several full-grown trees , growing in some small islands in the river Suck , close by the town , were torn up by the roots , and laid prostrate . Several houses in the town suffered rather severe damage in the breakage of glass and dislodging of slates and chimney-tops , but no personal accident occurred . At Lancaster , about a mile from this place , on the Boscommon side , a rather considerable number of fine old trees were blown down . The weather in the course of the morning became perfectly calm , and a fine day ensued .

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      THE FRIMLEY J 1 TJKDER . Mrs . Holiest has been in a state of the deepest mental distress ever since the occurrence . Until Friday night she could not be prevailed upon either to undress or go to bed . She sat in a state of distraction in an arm-chair , attended constantly by her friends . The moment that exhausted nature so far overcame her that she began to slumber a little , she started up in a state of frenzy , the horrors of the dreadful tragedy which she had witnessed , and in which she had performed so painful a part , rising up in all their terrible vividness before her eyea . Some important facts which transpired at the brief examination of the prisoners at Gnildford , on Friday , have not been made public . One of the prisoners ( Smith ) in attempting to account for the

      • way in which he was engaged on the night of the murder , stated that he had gone to the Surrey Theatre at half-price , and spent three hours there . The question was put to the prisoner , when he represented himself as having gone to the theatre at half-price , what he paid as half-price . His answer was Threepence . " Xeither at the Surrey nor any other of the London theatres is there any such half-price as threepence ; consequently he must have been stating what was untrue . "When asked what piece was played when he was in the theatre , he was unable to tell . It is said that ample evidence will be produced at the proper time to Bhow that there is not a word of truth in what either of

      the prisoners stated respecting the locality in which they were , and now employed on the night of the murder . It is worthy of remark that the residence of the late reverend gentleman is close to the spot at which the recent prize fight , which ended in the death of Griffiths , took place . It can be satisfactorily proved that the prisoners were present at the prize fight in question , and that they have , on yarious other recent occasions , been seen in the neighbourhood . It is also said that they were , for the purpose , it 13 presumed , of creating confusion as to identity , in the practice of wearing in rotation the green-coloured cap , which was found on one of them when taken into custody .

      Fuseeal of the Rev . Mk . Hollest . —Thefuneral took place on Monday morning . The funeral procession left the vicarage at five minutes after eleven o ' clock , preceded by the officiating clergyman , the Rev . J . Clayton , rector of Farnborougb , m his clerical robes . The medical attendants ot the deceased , Mr . Clark of Farnham , and Mr . Davies , of York Town , came next , and were succeeded by three domestic servants . The cofiin containing the remains of the deceased , borne by twelve respectable tradesmen of the village of Frimley , followed , and then came the mouruers , of whom there were but four , viz ., the two youthful sons of the deceased and his two brothers , Mr . Lee "Williams and Mr . William Holiest . About fifty boys and girls belonging to the village school walked behind the mourners , and the procession closed with a very numerous assembly of the resident inhabitants and villagers of the district . The coflin was conveyed into Frimley

      church , and the appointed portion of the funerai service having been read , it was taken into the church-yard , and deposited in the family vault Nothing of importance calculated to lead to the detection of the assassins las been discovered up to the present time . Mr . Sergeant Kendal , of the London detective force , is actively engaged in investigating the affair on the spot , and the local superintendents of the Guildford and Godalming police , 3 Ir . Hollington and Mr . Biddlecombe , have not relaxed in their exertions . On Sunday afternoon the camlet cloak be ' onging to the deceased gentlemen , which was among the articles stolen , was found in a ditch near the spot where the marks and the remains of bread and meat were discovered . Unfortunately this discovery gives no clue to what has become of the remaining portion of the property , upon the finding of which there is too much reason io fear the conviction of the assassins depends .

      THE IXQUE 5 T . On Tuesday afternoon , at two o ' clock , Mr . C . J . "Woods , Coroner for the Eastern Division of Surrey , and the jury impanelled for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending the murder of the Bev . George Edward Holiest on the night of the 27 th ult ., re-assembled at the White Hart Inn in the village of Frimley , pursuant to adjournment from Tuesday last , for the purpose of further prosecuting the investigation . The interest excited by the proceedings had in no degree abated , and before the coroner arrived the room in which the inquiry took place was crowded by persons desirous to hear what further evidence would be adduced . The Coroner said , it would be fresh in the

      recollection of the jury that at the inquest held on Tuesday last they had laid before them some preliminary evidence attaching suspicion to three persons—or rather , he should say , to two persons—already in custody . Since then active inquiries had been set on foot , and a minute search has been made by the police officers , and other additional evidence had been procured . There was also a fourth person now in custody , against whom strong circumstances of suspicion had been discovered to exist . Under the present circumstances of the case , as there would not , he feared , be sufficient evidence for them to return a verdict of -wilful murder against any party , he should propose to take the evidence of one or two police officers who had the case in hand , after

      receiving which he would suggest that "they should adjourn to a future day . Mr . William Hesrv Biddlecombe said , I am superintendent of the Godalming police . On Saturday , the 28 th ult ., I was directed by the magistrates to eome over to Frimley- I arrived here about five o ' clock on Saturday evening . I examined the house of the Rev . George Edward Holiest , and found that an entrance had been effected by breaking a pane of glass in the scullery window , and afterwards cutting away an iron bar . I found two holes had been bored with a centrebit in the scullery door , directly opposite a bolt which had been forced back with a crooked instrument , and an entrance thus obtained to the kitchen . In the kitchen I found two cupboards had been broken open . I have compared a screwdriver which I received from the deceased ' s man servant , Richard Gyles , with the marks on made

      these cupboards , and have no doubt they were with that instrument . I found one of the double doors leading from the kitchen to the , dining-room had been forced , as also a door leading from the dinin ^ room to the front passage . There were marks of the same screwdriver on these doors . Upon reaching the gravel path which encircles the lawn outside the front door , about two yards from tho threshold , I saw two foot marks . They were tho marks of two right feet without shoes or stockings . About thirty-seven yards from tfeese marks , m the direction of the front gate , and upon the lawn , there is a cypress tree , under which I observed traces of some persons havin" been standing . About eighi or ten yards from this place there was an impression of a man ' s heel having slipped . There was also close to the spot the impression of a man ' s arm , as it some person had fallen down on the gravel . Under the cypress tree . nhfirAtlini-n-nrnvn ntnrlra nf nersons

      ^ . * -- —»•» , tUbllf HbiW AAAI 4 AJAW W » jr — — trampling , I picked up a small piece of blue worsted which I now produce ( the piece of worsted which seemed to have formed part of a stocking , was here produced . ) This will have to be referred to here-** L' ^ V ecej y . ed from tt'chard Gyles the screwdriver before alluded to , a cotton handkerchief , and part of an old worsted stocking . I received also

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      from Ellen Taller , one of the deceased ' s female servants , some paper supposed to have been used as wadding by the assassins . ( Several small pieces of half burnt paper , which smelt strongly of gunpowder , were here produced ) . From inquiries I made my suspicions fell upon three men who have since been taken into custody ; their names are Led Harwood , James Burbage , calling himself James Jones and Hiram Trower , calling himself Hiram Smith . I have since measured the feet of Harwood and Trower . I find that Trower ' s riijht foot is 9 Jin . long , by 3 fin wide , and Ear wood ' s 9 Jin . long , by 3 Jin wide . These dimensions agree as nearly as possible with the marks on the gravel walk in front of the bouse . I should add that the great toe of Harwood's right foot is much cut , as if it bad come in contact with a flint or other hard substance . On his stocking there was also found a quantity of blood .

      Ellen Yallbr , one of the women servants of the deceased , was next examined . —She wore deep mourning , and appeared much affected . On being sworn she said , she was a single woman , and had been in the service of the late Mr . Holiest for ten years . She had a fellow servant named Elizabeth Tanner , and another , a man servant , named Richard Gyles . All of them slept at the top of the house . On the night of the 27 th of September , she went to bed about ten minutes to eleven o ' clock . Elizabeth Tanner and the man servant had gone to bed previously . Witness saw all the door fastened about ten o ' clock , and went up stairs with her mistress at the time mentioned . Witness was last in the scullery about ten o ' clock . Her fellow servant fastened the door of the

      scullery , and witness fastened the other doors , witness ' s bedroom window was on one side of the house and looked up Frimley Grove . Witness was disturbed about three o ' clock on Saturday morning by the firing of a gun and screaming . The screaming and the report of the gun came from the part of the house where her master and mistress slept . Witness immediately got but of bed and came down stairs with her fellow servant . At the bottom of the staircase they met the man servant . He said their master was shot . She went to the door on the landing to get to her mistress , and found it bolted . Witness knocked , and it was presently opened by Mr . or Mrs . Holiest . They were both standing together . Witness saw blood on her master's night dress , and he told her that he had been shot as he was stooping to pick up the poker . WitneRs afterwards searched under the beds and

      about the house to see if any of the thieves remained concealed . —The Coroner . : Did you find anything about the house ? Witness : The next morning I found in the parlour some small pieces of green baize . I think there wereabout five small round pieces . I also found a piece of black silk very greasy , as if a cradle had been rolled up in it ; and in the kitchen I picked up an old cotton handkerchief . —The Coroner : Did yon find any pieces of paper in your master ' s bedroom ?—Witness : I did , Sir , near the bed on my master ' s side . I also found last Friday a small copper gun cap . It had been exploded . I handed it to Mr . William Holiest . The Cosokeb here said , he thought it would be absolutely necessary to adjourn the inquiry , and after a short discussion with the jury , with closed doors , it was intimated that the proceeding 8 had been formally adjourned to the 22 nd inst .

      We have been informed that in the chain of evidence accumulating against the parties in custody for this atrocious crime , not the least important will be the incident that a token , which might be mistaken for a penny , has been found on one of them , and can be identified by Mr . * . HolIeBl as having been given to her the day before by the village schoolmistress .

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      THE LATE DOUBLE MURDERS AT LANGH A RNE , SOUTH WALES .

      The proceedings at the adjourned inquest on the body of the late Mrs . Severne , of Brixton , near Langharne , ( of whose death , under sudden and suspicious circumstances , a notice has already appeared ) , although not sufficiently complete to induce the jury to close their inquiry , have nevertheless tended to establish the fact that the death of the deceased was caused by the administration of arsenic , and to strengthen the suspicion previously entertained , that the poison was administered by her own cook , Elizabeth Gibbs . The examinations of the different witnesses were extended over a very protracted period , but the substanae will be found in the following summary .

      Mr . Huohks , surgeon , of Carmarthen , deposed to having assisted in making the post mortem examination . The stomach exhibited marks of severe inflammation , particularly at the great curvature . On the inner coat of the stomach there was a brownish sediment deposited . There were also traces of inflammation at the rectum , but the small intestines were not examined , as they were passed unopened to Mr . Herapath . Judging from what be had seen and knew of the case , witness ascribed the death to the administration of arsenic .

      T . SEVEBXE / Esq ., the husband of the deceased , who was very much affected at points of his examinatios , gave very lengthened testimony . He de « posed that his lady had been subject to attacks of indisposition , which were understood to be bilious attacks . Her death took place on Sunday , the 21 st of July . On Friday and Saturday , the 19 th and 20 th of that month , she complained of being unwell , and partook of some rabbit broth . She was very weak and tired . Witness asked her to walk with him across the garden , but she declined , and went to bed . She remained in bed on the Saturday . On Sunday morning she appeared tolerably well , and proposed to go to church with witness , but he told her , as she had been so unwell the previous day , she

      had better nurse herself ahttle , and go to church in the afternoon . Witness could not say positively s but had no doubt that the broth she partook of was prepared by Elizabeth Gibbs , the cook . Previously to going to church , witness directed that a cup of tea should be taken to Mrs . Severne , and it was made in the kitchen and sent up ; in the regular course of the house it should have been made by the cook . When he went to church he left no servant at home but Elizabeth Gibbs , and an old man named Williams , who was working about the place . On his return home he found his lady much worse , and very sick and bad . He asked her whether she had been eating fruit or anything that disagreed with her . as fruit always did . She replied that she

      had taken nothing but a little broth and some gruel . Witness considered that at this time there was nothing serious the matter with her , and that she was only suffering from a bilious attack . The cook , Elizabeth Gibbs , was in attendance on her . Witness fonnd her in the room when he went up stairs , and he afterwards saw her go up and down several times . She was up stairs during the greater part of the afternoon . Mrs . Severne seemed very ill , and Gibbs made her some tea and gave it to her , She was afterwards very sick and vomited . The vomit was of a yellowish colour . Her bowels were also very much disordered . She was sick several times , and complained of violent pains in her stomach and head . Towards five or six o ' clock Bhe seemed very ill and her hands and feet grew very cold . Some castor oil had been obtained for her , but she would

      not take it . She said her sight had got dim , she frothed at the mouth , and her face began to assume a bluish colour . Witness was much alarmed . He had previously sent a boy for the family medical attendant , Mr . Hamilton of Langharne , and as that gentleman had not arrived , he himself mounted his horse and rode off for him so as to hasten his coming . Mrs . Severne died the same night . There had been no arsenic used about the farm for two months previously , when witness used some for the purpose of poisoning rats . It was yellow arsenic . Did not think that the whole of it was used , and had assisted in a diligent search for the remains of the packet , but could not find it . One of the servants found some sugar of lead in the storeroom . Witness could not tell how it came there , and was not aware of any having been used in the house .

      Mabgarei Lewis , an old widow woman , who had been in the habit of working occasionally at Mr , Severne ' s house , and going of errands for the servants , was next called . She was asked whether she bad not purchased some arsenic for the avowed purpose of destroying rats , at the shop of a druggist named Davis ; but she denied , in the most positive terms , that she had ever done so , or that nor house was troubled with rats . Mrs . Mary Davies , wife of the druggist , on being confronted with her , gave a very different statement . She deposed that in the spring , she thought about March , but she was sure it was not later than

      April , the old woman Lewis came to her shop and bought some arsenic , which she said she wanted to poison rats . Witness had a distinct recollection of the' circumstance . The old woman , upon being recalled , repeated her denial of the fact in equally positive terms , and the discrepancy between these two witnesses caused a considerable sensation among the persons by whom the inquest room was crowded . John Lewis , son-of Margaret Lewis , was called , but showed an evident disinclination to answer the questions put to him . It was , however , elicited from him that Elizabeth Gibbs , the cook , would very often come to his mother's house after six o ' clock in the evening , when she usually staid

      about ten minutes . Mart Howell , a woman residing in the neighbourhood , spoke to a conversation with the cook . The old servant , Willian , had neglected to make up some balls for the fire , when Gibbs said he was an old devil . She also said , " They want to thrust me out , but they shall go from hero before me in the same way as mistress did . " Witness asked what made her think so , to which she answered , "The devil is here every night putting me to sleep . " Witness had heard her speak of Mr . Severne as her " dear master , " saying that she had heard from him . On one occasion she said that he had wanted her to take his . arm , and go for a walk with him

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      Ann Bbtnon , a servant in the employ of the deceased lady , deposed to the fact of the food being prepared by the cook . She bad heard Gibbs speak impertinently of her mistress , and say that she would not be ordered about in her work . Gibbs never liked any one but herself to wait on her mistress . Some other evidence having been taken , the witness was recalled , and said she had heard Gibbs speak about being married to Mr . Severne . She said when she was married to her master that witness should have her plaid gown . The Coroner here put it to the jury whether they were prepared to give a verdict , or whether they would adjourn , so as to give time for further inquiries . They resolved on the latter plan , and the inquest was again adjourned .

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      THE MURDER OF A TOLL-BAR KEEPER AT HEBDEN-BRIDGE .

      The adjourned inquest to inquire into the cause of the death of James Smith , toll-keepor , who is supposed to have been murdered in his bed , on the morning of the 28 th September , was resumed on Monday morning . The inquiry took place in the Mytholm school-room , before George Dyson , Esq ., coroner . The circumstances of the finding of the body of the unfortunate man was given in this journal last week , when it was stated that two ' men named Halliwell and Green were in custody . Halliwell had been discharged on Tuesday , and Green

      only was brought before the coroner on Monday . Halliwellhad been discharged by the magistrates because there was no evidence against him , but there was the curious circumstance that he had been summoned by Smith , the murdered man , for non-payment of toll , and having been convicted in the highest penalty has appealed to the Leeds ses-Bions , which appeal is to come on this week . It was also rumoured that he had used this remnrkakle expression to one of his sureties the day before the murder , and when he was going out to Burnley , " If anything happens to Smith let me know by the first post . "

      The Coroner said he understood that Mr . Rhodes had an important communication to make , which he thought might most properly be made at that stage of the proceedings . The Bev . J , A . Rhodes , a county magistrate , then said , that believing it to be every man's duty to throw what light he could upon this deplorable case , though it was true that he h * d arrived late , and had had little opportunity to investigate the case as he could have wished , yet he had , after inquiry , reduced the following observations to writing : — "Upon consideration of the statement relative to this case in the Halifax Guardian of the 5 th Oct ., I come to the following conclusions : —1 That Halliwell had an object in disposing of this man ' s evidence , and committed or procured the

      murderer . —2 . That it is probable that there was more than one person in the actual perpetration of it , as so much violence would hardly be committed by one individual , unaided by some one to watch for him . —3 . That the man who actually committed the murder was himself wounded in the left hand , and probably in the left thumb . —i . That he obtained access by the open door whiht Smith was shutting the gate , and concealed himself until Smith got to bed , where the murder was perpetrated . —5 . That whoever has committed the murder , has the sleeve of his coat on his right arm steeped in blood . That his left hand and probably his left thumb was wounded , appears by the numerous places still stained with blood , yet to be seen , stained by a bleeding hand , and in the left hand by a , thumb probably wounded in the inner side of the joint . If the place washed away exhibited the same appearance as this which remains , the fact would be conclusive . The mark on the outer door shows

      the bloody stain of a wet elbow , with the folds of the sleeve strongly depicted , and probably of a man below the middle size or else of one stooping . I should loan to tbe former opinion . These are the only indications I could find—The thumb mark in the cupbourd in the north-west corner , the drops in the drawer in the south-west corner , and the mark on the outer door . Very lamentably and very blameably , though very naturally , the rest wero all obliterated and gone . The fact of Halliwell being at Burnley in the evening , and setting off to Colne early next morning , is not at all inconsistent with his being present and aiding , as there was time enough in the space of tbe night io be here and execute the horrid deed , and return to show himself at a distance , I know nothing of ITalliwell , and only draw these inferences from what I have seen in the newspaper . The blood has flowed too freely on the places touched to lead me to believe that it was the blood of the deceased . "

      Some evidence was being gone into , proving merely the fact of the body having been found , when the Rev . J . A . Rhodes , addressing the coroner , said he was desirous to know whether that gentleman was inclined to prosecute the view which he ( Mr . Rhodes ) had taken in the matter . If so , immediate steps must be taken . If not he ( Mr . Rhodes ) wished to do so himself , and he was losing the day in listening so long to what he might call " a picture of the place . " It was possible that the prisoner might not be the man who committed the deed ; and he thought it possible they might find the man . It was then agreed that the proceedings should be for a short time suspended , while Mr . Rhodes and some other magistrates went to the house of Halliwell to make investigation ' s there . Shortly after the magistrates had gone out for this

      purpose , one of tho jury requested liberty to go out for two men , who had seen the prisoner Green near the place early on the Saturday morning . In a short time the juryman returned with two men , who deposed to seeing the prisoner near the toll-bar at half-past five o ' clock on Saturday morning . A woman , who lives near Green's house , in Heptonstall , subsequently stated that she had heard him come home about twelve o ' clock on Friday niprht ; and Susy Hodgson , who saw him at Smith ' s house shortly after the murder , said she heard him say at that time , " Well , I was here an hour or two last night with Jimmy . I left about twelve o ' clock , when Holt ' s cart came . " The men who saw him at half-past five said he had on a white smock ; and the woman who saw him at six said he wore a blue smock . —On re-examination , the men could not say positively that it was a smock he wore .

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      Emily Sandford—The Adelaide papers received on Monday , give the following detail of an attack on Miss Emily Sandford , whose unhappy connexion with Rush , the murderer , is doubtless in the recollection of the public;—Mr . R . W . Bennettj a resident in Adelaide , was charged at the police court with threatening . the life of Miss Sandford . The case , at tbe request of the Bishop of Adelaide ( Dr . Short ) , who as acted as guardian to the unfortunate lady sinco her arrival in tbe colony , was gone into privately , the local reporter being excluded . The nature of the charge , says the Adelaide Times , implied numerous threats held out by the defendant , declaring if she did not pay him money he had advanced her brother , he would blow her brains

      out , and his conduct was so violent that she apprehended he would carry out his threat . Her brother , who accompanied her to the colony , lost his life at Port Phillip a few days after their arrival . During his stay the defendant—ascertaining he was in ¦ want of money to discharge some debts that he had contracted , advanced him the money—the defendant asserting that he did so on her security . That Miss Sandfora denied . She knew nothing of the affair until Mr . Bennett made the demand upon her . Tbe defendant , in answer to the charge , persisted that ho had advanced tho money to her brother on her security . He had waited on her sereral times , but the only reply he could get from her was , " Well , sir . is that all ? " He was so exasperated at her

      conduct , that he certainly made use of harsh words , and threatened to shoot her . The magistrates bound the defendant over in heavy securities to keep the peace towards Miss Sandford for six months . The Australian Colonies . — The new law for the better government of'Her Majesty ' s Australian colonies ( 13 and 14 Victoria , cap . 50 ) will shortly be proclaimed by the Governors in the respective colonies . These colonies have greatly increased in population and commerce . In population ( omitting New Zealand ) the increase in ten years was 163 , 088 . The ^ population ,, according to the last return , was S 33 , 7 Ci . The imports and exports have likewise greatly increased . . The new act confers tbe elective franchise on a number of inhabitants

      who had not previously possessed the privilege . Port Philip is to form a separate colony , and to be called , in honour of Her Majesty , " Victoria , " for which a separate Legislative Council will be elected . Electoral districts are to bo established in Now South Wales , where freeholders , householders to £ 10 a year , and landowners may vote in the election of members of the Legislative Council . A registration of voters will take place , Legislative Councils may now be established in Van Diemen ' s Land and South Australia , as also in Western Australia . New laws will be made for the government of the several colonies , and taxes levied for certain civil and judicial services , not omitting considerable sums for public worship . The act contained 38 clauses , and ia now on its way to the

      Australian colonies . It is to be proclaimed within six weeks of its arrival , and to take effect from the day of proclamation in the respective colonies . A letter from Verona of the 2 oth ult . says : — " The first communications by means of the electric telegraph between this place and Vienna havo just taken place . The line between Verona and Venice has been for some days at work , and that between Verona and Milan will be soon completed . Thus in less than six months there have been established in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom and in the Southern Tyrol , 240 miles of electric telegraph the wires of which , cased ingutta peroha , are buried in the ground about two feet . These communications are speedily to bo extended to Mantua , as well f ro m Venice to Trieste . "

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE LACEY FUND . RECEIPTS , Commencing June 30 th , 1850 . £ . s . d . Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P 1 1 ft Tindal Atkinson , Esq 0 5 0 Samuel Ward , Esq 0 5 0 Mrs . Cobden 0 10 O C . Lusnington Esq ., M . P 19 0 J . Hume , Esq . M . P . 0 5 0 Richard Gardner , Esq ... 0 10 0 Sir B . Hall , M . P 0 10 0 Charles Pearson , Eac [ 0 io 0 J . Hall , Esq J 0 0 W . D . S . 2 2 G Thomas Proufc , Esq « 10 0 MrBooth ' s Book » ? »

      . , Mr . Hunt ' s Book 0 15 0 West-End Boot and Shoemakers : — , Bann ' s Meeting i « « Hoby's Meeting 1 « « Goatley's Meeting 0 10 U * Rhymer ' s Meeting ° 14 0 Doggett ' s Meeting ' 0 Id O City Ladies' Shoemakers 2 0 W 1 st . Division City Shoemakers 0 9 6 * 0 0

      W . Leighton C Collected at John-street , July 2 nd ... 0 3 0 , Washington Brigade lllo B . Farcy . 006 T . Davy 0 0 6 G . Davy 0 0 6 J . Norton 0 0 6 Proceeds of Meeting at the Temperance Hall , Broadway , Westminster ... 3 4 8 Emmett Brigade 0 6 1 Nottingham , per Mr . Sweet 0 2 6 A Red Republican 0 0 6 Mrs . Massey 0 10 Mr . Jackson 0 0 6 J . Davy 0 0 6

      Mr . Harris 0 5 0 Mr . Stenton 0 0 6 Mr . Prebble and Friends . ' 0 i & Mr . Whitmore 0 10 Mr . Kohler 0 2 6 New Radford , ter Mr . Saunders 0 3 6 Mr . Rider , as per Star 0 3 * Mr . Bell , Southwark , 0 2 6 Wuittington and Cat 0 15 9 Collected at John-street , August 6 th ... 0 i 0 * A Friend , Alcester 5 0- 0 Fraternal Democrats , Camden Town ... 0 7 8 * Three Kings'Court , Lombard-street 0 2 0 Mr . Nosbocag 0 10 Mr . Shute 0 1 0 Two Working Men , Stepney 0 10 Mr . Chapman's Book 0 6 8 Proceeds of a Lecture by F . O'Connor ,

      Esq ., M . P ., at John-street 7 8 8 | Stockport , per Mr . Benfold 0 10 0 Mr . James 0 2 0 Brighton , per Mr . Jficsss 1 14 6 Mr . Henderson ... 0 0 6 Messrs . Lewis 0 1 0 Friends , per Mr . Argue 0 0 9 Mr . Fleming 0 0 6 Mr . Stuart 0 10 Mr . Forbes 0 0 6 J . Gregory 0 0 6 Mr . Eyles 0 0 6 Mr . ' Reeve ... 0 2 6 Folk stone , per Messrs . Wright and Tanner 110 Mr . Iaom 0 1 0 Wat Tyler Brigade , and Friends at the Jenny Lind Coffee-house , Greenwichmarket 1 12 7

      J . Clark ' s Book ' 0 2 10 W . W . 0 50 Mr . Argue 0 10 Hi * iJt in in ¦¦ til t # t v U O Yarmouth , per Mr , Royall 0 3 0 Mr . Lewis's Book 0 1 11 Monies , per Mr . Arnott 0 19 2 ¦ W . C , George-yard , Bow Church-lane ... 0 5 0 S . M ., Wood-street , Cheapside ... 0 10 0 G . Davies ' s Book 0 2 0 Mr . Dann 0 i 0 Mr . Matthew ' s Book 0 5 10 Monies , per Mr . Arnott 1 18 2 V . Y ., Wood-streefc 0 5 0 W . B ., Sun-streot 0-2 6 Mr . Green 0 0 6 Mr . Kent , Brighton 0 0 6 Mr . Roberts 0 10 Mr . Whitfield 0 06 Mr . Parko ' s Book ... 0 2 0 Messrs . Rees and Paver , per Phillips 0 3 0 Mr . Arnold 0 2 6 J . Sewell , Esq ., l © 0 Mr . Clarke 0 5 0 R . S 0 10 Blyth , per J . Robinson ... 0 2 6 Monies , per Mr . Arnott 2 15 2 Received from Land Office 0 5 0 Mr . Wyatt ' s Book 0 19 Mr . T . Clark's Book 0 16 Mr . Constable's Book ., 0 3 0 Mr . Walford's Lecture 0 5 d £ Mr . Arnott , per Star 0 18 Mr . J . T . Clark ' s Book 0 10

      Total £ 52 5 3 EXPENDITURE . ——Paid for passage of Mrs . Lacey and Family 30 0 0 Advanced to Mrs . Lacey for Outfit ... C 0 0 Postage , Stationery , Collecting Books , &c . 3 15 6 | Travelling Expenses of a Deputation ... 0 3 0 Advertisements 090 Printing Circulars and Bills for Meetings 14 9 Paid for use of John-street Institution 1 10 0 Monies in Treasurer ' s hands for Outfit ... 0 2 Hi £ 525 _ 3 _ The above has been audited by us , and found correct . Charles Young , ~\ Edwin Gill , > Auditors . Henbt Argue , J Henry Wilks , Secretary .

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE LACEY FUND . Friends , —In the last number of this j ournal , the committee announced that the object for which that body was called into existence was accomplished , —a sufficient sum having been received to defray the expense of conveying Mrs . Lacey and her children to William Lacey in Australia . We , the Committee , congratulate the friends

      who have so generously responded to our appeals , on the successful termination of our labours , and although we have no doubt but that more money might be obtained for this purpose , yet knowing the many claims upoa your benevolence , we should feel ourselves to be highly culpable , ( having realised a sufficient sum to carry out the object desired ) , if we were to receive subscriptions which might bo applied to more urgent and necessary

      purposes . By referring to the balance sheet it will be seen thajt the sum total collected amounts to £ 52 os . 3 d . Of this sura £ 30 has been paid in to the Government Emigration-office , the Government being at the other half of the expense of the voyage ; and , after deducting the incidental expenses for printing , rent of rooms , stationery , &c , the balance remaining in hand has been given to Mrs . Lacey for the outfit of herself and children . Several private friends having given Mrs . Lacey clothing , &c , has considerably reduced the original cost of the outfit .

      We are led to expect that Mrs . Lacey will leave England in the ensuing month , and wo shall not consider our duties fully discharged , until we have seen her and her family safelyembarked . Thanking you for the liberal manner in which you havo assisted us , we beg , on behalf of Mrs . Lacey , to tender you her grateful thanks , And remain , yours respectfully , The Cqmmttee . ( Signed ) H . Wilks , Secretary .

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      Wreck of Thrre Indiame ^ . —By the arrival of the overland mail from India on the 4 th instant , tbe underwriters at Llyods' were put in possession of information relative to tho melancholy loss of three first-class ships employed in the East India trade , namely , tho Manchester , 600 tons , bound for London ; the Ariadne , 700 tons , of Greenock , bound for Liverpool ; and tho Nereid , 700 tons , of London . That of the Ariadne ereated tho deepest regret , the intelligence leaving very little doubt that all hands , together with some passengers , met with a watery grave . The unfortunate ship , we are given to understand , sailed from Calcutta for England in the latter part of July , with a valuable freight on board . About three weeks afterwards ,

      some vessels , bound to Calcutta , in passing near Palmyras Point , on tho Indian coast , discovered a wreck , which , on examination , proved to be that of the Ariadne . Xo living creature , however , was to be seen on the wreck , or in any other place near it , and she was fast breaking up . Immediately on the melancholy news reaching Calcutta , the authorities despatched a government steamer to the spot with instructions to ascertain , if possible , the fate of the crew . A few hours before the mail steamer started for England the steamer returned to Calcutta with intelligence confirming the loss of the ship and cargo , and that great doubts existed regarding the

      fate of those belonging to the ship . TUe chiei mate of tho Ariadne was pickod up on a spar by the steamer off the coast , forty miles southward of the place where the ship was lost . The poor fellow was in a shocking state of exhaustion . He had been twelve days exposed , subsisting entirely on some berries . As far as could be gleaned from him , it appeared that the master and crew had been carried out to sea on a raft in a gale of wind . The steamer went in search , and , after several days ' cruising , re'urned to Calcutta . It is reported there were from thirty to forty persons on the raft , and from the violent state of tho weather when it

      was driven out to sea it is doubtful whether any of them survive . Still , hopes are entertained that they may have been picked up by some vessel . Tbe ship and cargo are valued at £ 30 , 000 . The Manchester , Indiaru . in , was wrecked on the Sangor Islands on tho Oth of August , a few days sail from Calcutta . Several of her crew met with injury by the falling of her mainmast , after tho ship struck , tut all hands wero fortunate enough to escape in the boats before the vessel broke up . It is considered a very heavy loss . She was tho property of Messrs . Wade and Co ., merchants in tho City , who are said to bo insured . The other unfortunate ship ,

      the-TScroid , foundered on the morning of the Oth of July last , in lat . 34 . 52 S . In a tremendous gale she encountered some days previous she sprung a leak , and eventually the crew were compelled to take to tho boats , the ship going down headforemost within an hour afterwards . The galo had not abated when the boats left , and it was with great exertions they were got to a vessel , tho Emperor , from Calcutta , the master of which had hove his Bhip to and remained by from the previous night . They were taken on board and received every kindness . Tho Nereid belonged to Messrs . Phillips and Co ., of the City . The loss of the three ships is calculated to exceed £ 100 , 000 .

      Dreadful Wounds uj . \ Leu , but soundly cuiied jit IIollowax ' s Ointment and This . —Mr . Henry Gray , typograpuor , residing at No . 6 , Temple-lane , City , states that ho suffered for a considerable time tho most excruciating pains from two deep wounds in his legs , occasioned by an accident which lie unfortunately met with ; and although he tried various lotions an 1 ointments , yet all were found entirely useless . He was then recommended b y a friend to use some of Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , which he did , and in six hours he was greatly relieved , and in about eight days the wounds were soundly healed .

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      Statue op Wallace at Glasgow . —A gigantio model of Mr . Park ' s proposed statue to Wallace , is to be erected at Glasgow , on the area near Burn ' a Monument , for exhibition . ' The proceeds are to form the nucleus of a fund for the erection of a national monument of the hero , to be placed in an important situation in the city , hereafter to be decided on . The intended monument will stand fifteen , feet high without its pedestal , and the model lias consumed nearly twelve tons of clay , every pound of which the artist himself carried to the spot upon his own shoulders .

      Extension of ins Suffrage . — Humours aio again rife that Lord John Russell is prepa ring a bill for the extension of the franchise , ¦ »™ ?* f £ electoral implements , viueh ^^ m o j £ ^< n ^>^ ass : us ^^^ -ms ^ 4 tration . £ ^ P % !!| Siif ^ J . ' V \ p \ "r < l'T C \ 7 ^> rt&L gl ^ ft Sgj tmt' ^ m

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      WILD SPORTS IN ALGERIA .

      M . Jules Gerard , the well-known lion killer of Algeria , has just sent the following account of a recent exploit to the editor of the Journal des Chasseurs : •—"I knew of a large old lion in the Smauls country and betook myself in that direction . On arriving I beard that he was in the Bonarif , near Batnah . My tent was not yet pitched at the foot of the mountain when Ilearned he was at the Fed-Jong , where , on my arrival , I found he had gained the Aures . After travelling 100 leagues , in ten days , in the track of my brute without catching a glimpse of anything but his footprints , I was gratified on the night of the 22 nd of August with the sound of my lord ' s voice . I had established my tent in the valley of

      Ousten . As there is only one path across this thickly covered valley I found it an easy task to discover his track and follow it to his lair . At six o ' clock in the evening I alighted upon a hillock , commanding a prospect of the country around . I was accompanied by a native of the country and my spahi , one carrying my carbine , the other my old gun . As I had anticipated , the lion roared under cover at dawn of day ; but instead of advancing towards me , he started off in a westerly direction at such a pace that it was impossible for mo to come up with him . I retraced my steps at midnight , and took up my quarters at the foot of a tree upon the path which the lion had taken . The country about this spot was cleared and cultivated . The noon being favourable , the approach of anything could

      be descried in every direction . I installed myself and waited . Weary after a ride of several hours over a very irregular country , and not expecting any chance that night , I enjoined my spahi to keep a good watch , and lay down . I was just about to fall asleep when I felt a gentle pull at my burnous . On getting up I was able to make out two lions , sitting one beside the other , about 100 paces off , and exactly on tho path in which I had taken up my position . At first I thought we had been perceived , and prepared to make the best of this discovery . The moon shed a light upon the entire ground which the lions would have to cross in order to reach the tree , close to which all within a circumference of ten paces was completely dark , both on account of the thickness of the tree and the shadow cast by the foliage . Mv spahi . like me , was in range of the

      shadow , while the Arab lay snoring ten paces oft in the full light of the moon . There was no doubting the fact—it was this man who attracted the attention of the lions . I expressly forbade the spahi to wake up the Arab , as I was persuaded that when the action was over he would be proud of having served as a bait even without knowing it . I then prepared my arms and placed them against the tree and got up , in order the bottor to observe the movements of the enemy . They were not less than half an hour traversing a distance of 100 metres . Although the ground was open , I could only see them when they raised their heads to make sure that the Arab was still there . They took advantage of every stone , and every tuft of grass to render themselves almost invisible ; at last the boldest of them came up crouching on his belly to within ten paces of me ,

      and fifteen of the Arab , His eye was fixed on the latter , and with such an expression that I was afraid I had waited too long . The second , who had stayed a few paces behind , came and placed himself on a level with and about four or five paoes from the first . I then saw for the first time they were both full grown lionesses . I took aim a-t the first , and she came rolling and roaring down to the foot of the tree . The Arab was scarcely awakened when a Becond ball stretched the animal dead upon the spot . The first bullet went in at the muzzle and came out at the tail ; the second bad gone through the heart . After making sure that my men were all right , I looked out for the second lioness . She was standing

      up within fifteen paces , looking at what was going on around her . I took my gun and levelled it at her . She squatted down . When I fired she fell down roaring , and disappeared in a field of maize on the edge of the road . On approaching I found by her moaning that she was still alive , and did not venture at night into the thick plantation which sheltered her . As soon as it was day I went to the spot where she had fallen , and all I found were blood marks marking her track in the direotion of the wood . After sending the dead lioness to the neighbouring garrison , who celebrated its arrival by a banquet , I returned to my post of the previous nieht . A little after sunset the lion roared for the

      first time , but instead of leaving his lair he remained there all night roaring like a madman . Convinced that the wounded lioness was there , I sent on the morning of the 24 th two Arab 3 to explore the cover . They returned without daring to approach it . On . the night of the 24 th there was the same roaring and complaining of the lion on the mountain and under cover . On the 25 th , at five in the evening , I had a young goat muzzled , and proceeded with it to tho mountain . The lair was exceedingly difficult of access . Nevertheless I succeeded at last by crawling now on my hands and now on my belly in reaching it . Having discovered certain indications of tho presence of the inhabitants of this locality , I had the goat unmuzzled and tied to a tree . Then followed the most comical panic on the part of the Arabs , who were carrying my arms . Seeing themselves in the middle of the lion ' s lair , whom they could distinctly smell , and hearing the horrified goat calling them with all its might , was a po

      sition perfectly intolerable to tnom . After consulting together as to whether it were better to climb up a tree or clamber on a rock , they asked my permission to remain near the goat . This confidence pleased me . and obtained the privilege of a place by my side , j had not been there a quarter of an hour when the lioness appeared ; she found herself suddenly beside the goat , and looked about her with an air of astonishment . I fired , and she fell without a struggle . The Arabs were already kissing my hands , and I myself believed her dead , when she got up again as though nothing was the matter , and showed us all her teeth . One of the Arabs who had run towards her was within six paces of her . On seeing her get up he clung to the lower branches of the tree to which the goat was tied and disappeared like a squirrel . The lioness fell dead at the foot of the tree , a second bullet piercing her heart . The first had passed out of the nape of the neck without breaking the skull bone . "

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      I ober \ % 1850 . THE NORTHERN STAR 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1595/page/7/