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      Accidents And Sudden" Deaths. A Mr. Edwa...

      -The old man's experience in the navigation , of the Baltic Sea was of great assistance in the operations of our fleet In those ^ vateTs , , on the return of the Hecla to Portsmouth , the Board of Admiralty at once made provision for his future comfort , and immediately issued an order for his admission into Greenwich Hospital . In this asylum , the old man died suddenly on Monday , at the age of eighty-six . He had only "been able to pick up a few words of English , but was a ^ great favourite among his Greenwich comrades . Ail inquiry , which lasted several hours , was proceeded ¦ with , on" Tuesday before Mr . T . Wakley , coioner for West Middlesex , at the Bell and Horns Tavern , Brornptonrespecting the death of Mr . William Marcooly , aged

      , thirty-six , a master tailor , carryiag on business at No . 6 , Brunswick-place , Brompton , who died last Saturday morning shortly after taking a dose of what lad been sold as castor oil at the shop of Mr . Budd , chemist , residing a few doors from deceased . The case excited the utmost interest in the neighbourhood , and the court was densely crowded . Prior to proceeding with the evidence , the jury inspected the shop of Mr . Budd , in order to ascertain where the castor oil and oil of almonds were respectively kept , as it was alleged the latter lad been substituted for the former . Mr . Budd showed that they were : kept widely apart , and that the poisons generally were fcejit ; in a closet , and not upon the ordinary shelves . "It also appeared from the books and invoices

      that all decrease in the stock of oil of bitter almonds irsu 3 satisfactorily' accounteid for : The medical gentleman , wh ' 6 was called in ¦ when it became evident that Mr . ' Marcdbly was suffering from poison , discovered [ pru & ic 'icftt'm the tumbler from which the deceased % M h ^ en ' dTrnklfag ' cas 1 ; ot oil , as well asin thephial out of - wKfch ' 'the'oil had ? bee'h poured . A boy servant of Mr . -MOTCboly had b ' e ^ n sent to Mr , Budd's to purchase the fcastor bilV'tafcitig with him a phial , vrhich had previously contained medicine , but had since tten washed . This boy' said , lie | was Served by the assistant , who took two bbiQes ; M ( one ' whifce , ; the " other red } out of sight to the piyde ^ where the prescriptions are made up ; but he was not seen to pour anything into the phial . Having given this evidence , the boy went with the coroner and jury

      to the shop , and pointed out the spot whence the bottles were taken . -On their return , a prescription , was mentioned , and Mr . Wakley , on seeing it , said one of the ingredients mentioned in it was hydrocyanic acid . The boy , being re-examined , said he saw the assistant open the closet-door where the poisons are kept , but did not see whether he took out anything . The bottle containing the prussic acid was produced , -when Mr . -Budd said , he always filled it himself , but could not tell when he last filled it , nor could he account for how a deficiency of two drachms had been caused . ( Above two drachms was the quantity supposed by Mr . Cahill to have been taken by the deceased . ) The inquiry was adjourned , and the coroner advised the assistant , who was present , to have the aid of a legal gentleman at the next sitting .

      The Marquis of Waterford , while out riding in Ireland , fell from his horse , and sustained injuries from which he remained insensible for nearly half an hour . They were hot serious , however , aad he is noir recoveririg . ' ^ 1 ' . ¦¦'• - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ Three boys , from nine to eleven yeara old , have been 'killed ^ under ari arched stable at Blackburn . A large quantity of Sand had been removed from under the arch ; and the boys -were playing in the hollow , when the arch gave way , and they were crushed to death .

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      Ireland. L.A.W Appointment.—Mr. David Ly...

      IRELAND . L . A . W Appointment . —Mr . David Lynch , Q . C ., of the Leinster circuit , has been appointed assistant-barrister for the county of Louth in the room of Mr . John Perrin ( son of Judge Perrin ) , who retires in consequence of continued indisposition . Very little is known of Mr . Lynch in the Irish political world ; but he is regarded as a sound , able , and experienced lawyer . He is of the Roman Catholic faith . ' TiiA TJfBXsrEky op Cashed . —Th e Evening Mail states that the Lord-Lieutenant has conferred the deanerv of

      Castel , vacant bv ; tM death of Dean Adams , upon the Rev . Ogle Moore , Rector of' Blesaington , in the countj ' of Wicklow . The appointment is believed to be quite unobjectionable . tr t » MuRTiiin of Mr . Littie . —It is stated—though we know not whether upon good authority— thittthe police actually brought over from France a femalo chirvonante to help them in their inquiries , Ibut that she could teli thorn nothing more than what they already suspected viz ., that the murderer was on the premises . It is to be hoped that this story ia a libel .

      The Orient. India. No Intelligence, Nt T...

      THE ORIENT . INDIA . No intelligence , nt the latest dates , had been received at Bombay of the Persian expedition ; but a force of 5 , 000 men was inarching from the Kohat frontier towards Cabul . Severe conflagrations have -taken placo at Rangoon , Kiirrachee , and Bombay . The . Guicowar of Baroda died on the 19 th of October . Disturbances have broken out in Kimcdy . CHINA . A serious collision baa taken placo at Canton between

      the British authorities and Yeh , the Chinese Governor-GreneraL A lorcha under the British flag , at anchor off Canton , was boarded on the 8 th of October by a Chinese force , and twelve of the crew were seized . Consul Parkes proceeded on board , and was insulted and threatened with violence . The remonstrances made to Yeh were treated vith contempt . On tho 21 st of October , the matter was placed in the hands of Admiral Seymour . Hostile measures commenced on the 24 th of October . The forts of Canton were taken , and several of them destroyed . Teh persisted in rejecting Admiral Seymour ' s demands for satisfaction , or even an interview . On the 27 th of October , fire was opened on the city walls

      and on the governor ' s palace . The city walls were breached and stormed on the 29 th . of October . The troops penetrated to the palace , but -were withdrawn in the evening . The loss was three killed arid twelve wounded . Attempts at negotiation continued fruitless , and on the 3 rd and 4 th of November the old elty was bombarded . On the 6 th of November , twenty-three war junks were attacked by the Barracouta , and all were destroyed . Time was again granted to the Chinese , but no signs were given of submission . According to the last accounts , the Bogue forta had feeen captured . The factories had been almost totally vacated by the foreign community ; property to a large amount was destroyed by fire ; and commerce was at a standstill .

      rERSIA . A decree by the Shah of Persia invests the Grand Vizier with unlimited powers for life . The same decree adds that serious events are imminent , and calls upon the people to show themselves energetic , and to defend their honour to the last . All the chiefs of tribes , by whom the environs of Herat are occupied , have made their submission . The Persian columns , despatched in pursuit of Dost Mohammed , are advancing on Candahar . % The Teheran Gazette of the 7 th Raby-el-aouel ( 5 th of November ) announces that the siege of Herat was

      undertaken to prevent the Governor , Esa Khan , from surrendering the town to the Emir Dost Mahommed Khan . This proceeding , the Gazette adds , -was perfectly consistent with the treaty of Herat concluded between Great Britain and Persia . Notwithstanding all that has passed , the Persian Government has not lost sight of the preservation of its friendship with Great Britain , and is ready to withdraw her troops from . Herat on condition that the British Government shall take measures in Candahar , Afghanistan , and Herat itself , to secure that each of those countries shall remain for ever under the rule of its own Government .

      America. Further Particulars With Respec...

      AMERICA . Further particulars with respect to the contemplated negro insurrection are contained in the last advices from America . The excitement in Tennessee and Kentucky is said to have nearly died out , but in other parts of the South it continued . It appears to have originated in Texas , near the Rio Grande , three months since , and to have extonded to nearly all the Southern . States , advantage having be in taken of the public attention being absorbed in the election for President . It is stated that

      in the whole region from Memphis , through Clarkesville , to Dover , oa the Cumberland river , the greatest alarm existed in regard to the movements of the negroes . The gaols in all the counties were crowded Avith the arrested blacks . The county courts had assembled in each county , and vigilance committees and patrols had been appointed in each neighbourhood and township . Eight more negroes had been hung at Dover , making nineteen in all . No overt act had been committed , but the proof against them of insurrectionary designs was , it is said , conclusive .

      On the 15 tU ult ., in Congress , on motion of a Southern member , representing Almont , the only district to the south of the Ohio in which the Nebraska-Kansas Bill has been condemned by tho popular vote , th , e House , by a vote of 137 , to 71 , " Itesolved that this House regards a Jl suggestions or propositions of every kind , "b y whomsoever made , for a revival of the slave trade , as shocking to the moral sentiments of the enlightened portion of mankind ; and any act on the part of Congress legalizing or conniving at the . legalizing of that horrid an < l inhuman traffic would , justly subject the United States to the reproach and execration of all civilized and Christian people throughout the world . " And then , by a vote of 183 to 8 , resolved that it is inexpedient , umvise , and contrary to the settled policy of the United States , to repeal tlio laws prohibiting the African slave trade . Among the eight " naya" wns the name of Mr . Preston S . Brooke .

      A noto from tho Imperial Legation of Russia at Washington accompanies the President ' s Message . Tho Russian Minister hero says "that ho is instructed to notify tho Hon . Mr . Marcy that his Majesty the Emperor accepts for his part , the condition under which the United States consent to tho abolition of privateering—namely , that tho private property of tho subjects and citizens of tho contracting parlies shall in times of war bo respected by their respective naval forces , as well as by those of all the Powers which may join in this declaration . Tho undersigned ia equally instructed to declare to tho Hon . Secretary « f State that , Bhould the propositions of tho United States become tho subject of a collective

      deliberation , the vote' of the Imperial Cabinet is pled ged to them . " In the Supreme Court , New York , Felicity Debud and Eugene Grelet , who were supposed to have been concerned in the late frauds upon the Northern Railway of France , were discharged by Judge Davies , upon their stipulating not to commence any action for unlawful imprisonment . The other prisoners , Charpentier and Parrot , were detained for farther proceedings in the case . From Honduras , we hear that a party of American gold diggers , who had been there ' prospecting' for precious metals , had nearly all left , on account of the sickl y nature of the climate . The authorities at New York are keeping watch over an expedition which , it is siispected , is now being fitted out in that port , under the command of General Paez for Venezuela .

      The war goes on in Nicaragua . The Costa Eican forces , some time in October , took possession of San Juan del Sur , but were subsequently driven out by "Walker in conjunction with General Hornsey . The former then attacked the enemy at Messaya , a part of which town he burnt . He found , however , that he could not hold both the transit route and Granada , and he therefore determined to destroy the latter . Removing his sick and wounded to the island of Ommettee , on the lake , he directed one of his followers ( Henningsen ) to march on Grenada , and put it to the flames ; but that officer , after having only partly effected the object in view , was cut off in his retreat , and was obliged , with his four hundred followers , to take possession of a church halfway between the city and the lake , where , at the last accounts , he was still besieged .

      A complete reconciliation is said to liave been effected among all Nicaraguan parties under the Presidency of Eivas . Advices from Vera Cruz announce that Puebla has surrendered to the Government forces . The news of Vidaurri ' s treaty is confirmed . Alvarez has taken the field in defence of the Government . According to one of the Spanish Ministerial papers , General Santa Anna of Mexico has sent agents to Madrid to propose to re-establish monarchy in Mexico , with a Spanish prince as sovereign , provided the Spanish Government will grant him certain assistance . The Epoca opposes any such project , unless it be freely demanded by public opinion in Mexico , and have the support of England and France .

      In the New York money-market , owing to the large amount of specie shipped to > New Orleans , there has been more inquiry for money at the banks . At Philadelphia , the house of Mr . Pierce Butler has stopped , owing to stock speculations ; but Ids landed property is represented to be still very large . There have been two failures also at Boston , -viz ., Henshaw , Edmonds , and Shaw , wholesale druggists , and Tenncy and Co ., carpet dealers .

      Further Revelations Of Cayenne. A Very S...

      FURTHER REVELATIONS OF CAYENNE . A very singular letter from the French colony of Guiana , the locality to which convicts , political and otherwise , are sent , appears in the Times of Monday . It is not signed with any name ; but the writer is a free inhabitant of the province , and he claims to speak in the names of the other free inhabitants generally . He complains that , although , according to the plan mapped out by the Home Government in February , 1852 the convicts were not to be placed on the island of Cayenne , they have been placed there by the simple will and pleasure of the local functionaries . A convict establishment has even been formed ia the centre of tho town of Cayenne . The consequences of this violation of the law , according to the writer , are appalling . " The unfortunate inhabitants who have to visit their property situate near these dens of malefactors meet them in bands on the road , showing their sullen countenances , and sometimes excited by drink . On board the Gardien , a hulk anchored in the Cayenne roada , there arc more than 180 convicts , who every day enter the town ¦ in twenties at a time , to levy various contributions , and are not even accompanied by a superintendent . In the town Uself , there are at tlie prosent moment 11 repri * da justice of the country , 41 convicts , some liberated criminals from the galleys , and 76 galley slaves , without mentiomng 73 transported men for being connected with secret societies . All of them are in a complete stnto of liberty

      . When it is remembered that tho total population of tho town of Cayenne scarcel y amounts to G 000 souls , it niav be asked whether so disproportionate a number of convicts compared to the population does not convoy in tho highest degree an idea of the danger to which the town of Cayenne is daily exposed . And , in fact , alarm reigns in this town , which is at the mercy of so many elements of disorder and destruction . Arc we , in fact , sure that these men , urged b y the genius of evil , may not . some clay concoct some vast conspiracy wlion convicts of tho town , convicts of the road-stead , convicts of liaduel , and convicts of Mont Joly , will plot together to put to lire and blood a town which the wnnt of foresight of the authontioH appears to have devoted beforehand to every misfortuner _ Tho wriUr accuses tho convicts of tho

      greatest atroc » ties-ovon , in tho case of three men who temporarily oscapocl , of cannibalfoin . They assassinated Sintv , ? f ? "\ , COmrad 08 ' an < 1 ' tho"e »» tl . eyl . ad plenty of food with thorn , ato tho Locliea . » o much for morality , " continues tlie corespondent .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 3, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03011857/page/4/