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* WRECKOF THE SUPERB STEAMER. The loss o...
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I DREADFUL MURDER OF A CLERGYMAN AT FRIM...
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* Wreckof The Superb Steamer. The Loss O...
* WRECKOF THE SUPERB STEAMER . The loss of life consequent upon the wreck of this steamer is greater than has yet been stated . It was supposed in the first instance eleven persons had perished , but upon a comparison of the passenger list , Which we extract from the Jerseu Press and publish below , we find that at least seventeen persons have been lost , leaving , u the list te correct , three or four persons still unaccounted f The persons saved are *<*« TK % * fj ™ SJ : Bamel , of St . Malo ; Achille Qn 6 ru , **«« £ " S « e Bowerman . of Jersey ; 1 * . ¦ Harral ; Ermle Pei nev , of Paris ; Le Gros , of St . Malo , boot-^ tVr- ' john Cnmer , of Birmingham ; Benjamin
Johnson , of London ; Robert T . Monteitn ; Caroline Harnbly ; Charlotte Maule ; Charles Bastin , of Paris ; G . Pinch , of London ; Ellen Willis , of London whose uncle and sister were drowned ; Alfred 3 e Baillieul , ofSt . Servan ; J . B .-Hamilton , wife , * wo children , and nurse , of London ; Mrs . Mormon l & A daughter ; James Harris , Jersey ; Henry Lomas ; the Stewardess : John Frost ; Joseph Johnson ea « nneer ; John Steward , seaman ; JohnBelot , steward ; Priaulx , captain ; Fleming , mate ; Char l es Amy , seaman ; Phillip Gumming , carpenter ; Mollet , seaman ; Gaudin , second mate ; William Cox ; Nicholas du Pont , of Guernsey , pilot , thirty-eight in all . --
In addition to the list of persons drowned , are the following : —Mr . "Willis and niece , Mr . Pinson , jlrs . Baker and child ( bodies found , ) and a person from Gorey ( name unknown . ) The latest estimate of the , number of passengnrs on board the Superb , states the Jersey Am makes it 42 or 43 , and of the crew 15—57 or 58 in all . Dro « ned 17 , saved 3 S , unaccounted for 3 or 4 . The Superb , wliich was left high and dry on the rocks by thereeeding tide , after the accident , ha * now disappeared , having sunkin deep water .
The Jersey Press contains a report of the coroner s inquest , which Was commenced on "Wednesday , on the bodies of Mr . " Isaac Hilgrove Gossett , and Julia TRieoll his wife , who met a watery grave In conse-• quence of the steamer having struck . The Attorneygeneral and the Solicitor-General were present at the inquiry . ' The jury having been sworn , proceeded to examineihe bodies of the deceased in one of the offices of Philip "Winter Xicoll , Esq ., who identified the said bodies . The body of Mr . Gossett was found about an hour after the accident , and was brought to Jersey by the cutter Jupiter ; that of Mrs . Gossett was found on the day following at sea , and was conveyed to La Rocque , Grouville , and from thence to St . Relier . The jury . then returned to the Court-house , when the following witnesses were heard : —
Joseph Johxsox . —I was engineer on hoard the Steamer Superb . Xothing . particular took place between leaving St . Malo and the time we Struck . We were steaming at the rate of fifteen miles an hour with the tide in our favour . It was about a quarter before ten when the vessel struck on the larboard paddle-bos . It was a pointed rock . The steamer canted over and filled , immediately . She fell over some lower rocks . This took place eastward of Maitrelle , about a mile and a half from it . We had never , passed so " close before I do not know wh y she was taken by that passage . I was on deck near the engine . The captain-, John Priaulx , was on the larboard paddlebox . The mate , John Fleming , was at the wheel .
I heard the captain cry out " port" before she struck . He did not speak in a louder tone than nsual . As soon as the vessel struck , myself , the captain , and two or three others , put the boat out forward . The people rushed in so that she got full . The boat made away round the stern of the vessel to get on the " rocks ; about five minutes after she must have swamped . He did not see it . All the passengers were clinging to . each other in the water . There must have been ten in her . The stern of the steamer was under water . The cutter Jupiter , was about eight miles off when the steamer struck . We made an alarav-for the cutter . She then came towards us . She sent her boat . Six or seven ladies and the stewardess got down in
her by a ladder , and were taken on hoard the Jupiter . When the boat returned she took , back to the Jupiter the remainder of the passengers in two trips , and afterwards the luggage . Tne captain , deponent , and crew remained with the Superb . I cannot say whether the captain was on board the whole of the time . "We began to save our things , and got what we could out of the steamer . "We continued till the evening to carry the things to the cutter . We came off for Jersey about seven o ' clock in the cutter . "We reached St . Heller's harbour about ten o'clock . The body of Mr . Gossett was on board . When the vessel- struck I did not hear any orders given by the captain . When they left for Jersey in the cutter , the captain went off with two fishermen in a boat towards the vessel . The 6 oats were of an ordinary size ; one could contain
twelve , the other eight . When the steamer » trnck Bhe remained hard and fast on the rock ; about thirtv feet of the stern were under water , and the water came nearly as far ' as the chimney . I did not acee the captain go into the boat . I do not know the exact number of passengers that were on board . The list of them was washed overboard , as also the cash box . If all had stopped in the vessel , the whole of the passengers would have been saved . I heard the captain say on board the Jupiter that he trusted to the mate . The mate afterwards said that the captain gave the orders how to steer , and he obeved the orders . "When the captain said the above , " be was speaking to the crew and the passengers of the Jupiter . He trusted , he said , to the mate , who he thoug ht knew the passage , but ( he added } , it can ' t be helped , the vessel is now lost . _ . ... _ .
Philip Amt : I was a sailor on board the Superb . I was at the wheel . About ten minutes before we struck , Mr . Fleming came to replace me at the wheeL He told me then that he was going to pass through the rocks , as he had passed there several tinWin the Camila . Captain Priaulx cried out twice " port . " Mr- Fleming did not obey the word . He cried out once more " port , " which Word was obeyed , and the steamer struck on the rock . He could not see the rockhimself . James Habbis . — "Was on board the steamer ; he was in the saloon taking refreshments with three or four more—heard a crash , and exclaimed " Good God ! what ' s that!—she ' s struck ! " Got into the boat with others ; it was upset ; he managed to climb up the vessel ; the captain left the wheel into the hands of his mate , who assured him he could take him through . The captain had never been there himself .
Philip Mollet , a seaman , deposed as follows : — When the Superb struck on the rocks she immediately filled with water behind . I helped to lower the small boat , and jumped into her . All the passengers irnmediately rushed forward to jump into heras well ; but I told them not to crowd so much . Ten or twelve persons got into the boat , and pushed off from the steamer . We had neither planks nor oars and she sank when about one hundred yards from the steamer ; every one fell into the water ; he sawei ^ ht or nine s ink around him . I anda Scotch gentleman ( Mr . Monteith ) were three hours on the water before we were p icked np ; there were in the boat , Palmer ( fireman ); Belot ( cook ) William Creney ( cabin boy ) aU belong ing to the Superb ;
, Mr . Jackson , his daug hter and son ; Miss Price and another gentleman whose name I did not know—Who were all drowned . A boat from St . Clement ' s belonging to Bamon Brothers , of the Hocq , picked up the Scotch gentleman and myself , and also the body of Mr . Gossett , and soon after also saved Philip Gunning , carpenter of the Superb ; the body of Mr . GOSSett WaS found at four miles distance from the Superb and he had not been dead more than a quarter of an hour . I had never gone by this passage nefore , and heard on board that this course had been taken to show the passengers where the Polka had been lost ; but it was after I was saved that I heard this . I did not hear it from either the captain or the mate . I wasforward , and cried out "Bocks !
when the captain , who was talking with Mr . Gossett on the bridge , cried out , " Port ! " but it was too late —the vessel was going on the rock at a great speea . I heard the captain tell the mate , Fleming , to take this course shortly before the vessel struck . There is a small canal between Maitrelle and the rock on Which the boat struck , and bad it been high water , she would not have struck ; but the tide had been falling about two hours , and , in consequence , it was not prudent to pass that way . The passage is as large as the Royal-square . Sot a minute elapsed Between the order g iven bv tbe captain and the time she struck . Captain Priaulx told me on board the Jupiter , that he depended on Mr . Fleming ; but that it was a had job . In generalwe took three
, boats in the Superb , and it was the first time that we had left one at Jersey . The boat left ashore was from eight to ten feet long , and could contain ten or twelve persons—the other , four or five . Edward Gaudlv , second mate of the Superb , Said : —I was below when the steamer struck . 1 ran up ; all was confusion . The water was running into the vessel , and Mr . Mollet and the brother of the steward were getting down the small Jboat . I lan to help to get the long boat down . Between Sir . Johnson , Mr . Fleming , Mr . Amy , and I , the long boat was got into the water , when I descended into it with Mr . Amy . Mr . Fleming , and two or three ladies also descended , and we flbrustout a
little beliind the wheels , where two gentlemen and a lady waited to get at a boat . The boat was at that moment so leaded that we could take no more , and I pushed out , intending to land the passengers on a large rock which was by . But as we left , Capt . Priaulx jumped over into the water , and , striking the boat , caused it to capsiie . We were all thrown into the water , and I , with Amy , swam again to the steamer . Capt . Priaulx cried , "for God ' s sake Save me 1 " Amy sprang towards him , and caught him by the coat , and saved his life . I saw two fc males carried away by tbe current . There were from fifteen to eig hteen of us in the boat , and I think that , had not Capt . Priaulx capsized our boat , tbe whole pumher would fcavebeea saved , Qui boat
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badno'plag , but I placed » my foot over the hole , and-was keeping out the water . I ! know ntft why we went by that way ; the vessel had never Seen navigated over those rocks before . After we had struck , Capt . Priaulx said there was no passage among those rocks . Mr . Fleming said there was , and added that he would any day take a vessel over not drawing more water than the Superb , the sea being of the same height as at present . I think there was great imprudence in attempting to pass that way . No instructions were given out to the passengers when the vessel had struck . Mr . Fleming had no authority to give orders except under
the captain . Had the passengers been ordered to the front , I think all might have been saved ; but I will not say positively , as we expected to see the steamer roll over the rock as soon as the sea should have left her . With order and a little patience , I am sure all might have been saved in a quarter of an hour . The sea was perfectly calm . We had three lanterns on board . I heard Mr . Fleming say to Capt . Priaulx , "We were in a good ' eourse if you had not cried ' port ; '" but I do not believe it . Besides , the channel is not straight , and there was no reason for entering its sinuosities . The fishermen who came said there was no passage there . '
Mr . Thomas Hamon , ( fisherman , ) said—We were about two leagues from the steamer when she touched . As we neared her we saw pieces of the wreck drifting before the tide , and heard cries of distress . I said to my comrades , " We must cease to make for the steamer , and proceed in the direction of the cries . " We advanced , and heard cries from several distant parts . I directed the boat towards the voice which seemed feeblest and most exhausted , and presently saw two men en chemise , whose heads were above water . We took them in , and afterwards picked up another , named Gumming . I then picked up another , a French gentleman quite dead . Gumming said he had talked with him a quarter of an hour before . This was fust at midnight . We went to the Jupiter steamer , and deposited the body ; it was that of Mr . Gossett . I have known the rocks thirty years . The place
is not in the least practicable for a Steamer . There are two tracks tolerably practicable ; one about half a mile to the rig ht . I have never seen steamers pass over those rocks . - I think it just possible for the vessel to pass , but it is the most dangerous passage of aU . Captain Priaulx told me that he should not have gone , but to show the passengers where the Polka was . He added , that he had asked Mr . Fleming if he could take the ship through , and the latter said " Yes . " That he then asked Fleming to take the helm , but seeing a rock at the head of the boat a few minutes after , he cried "Port , " and the same instant the , ship struck . Had they escaped the rock on which they struck , and another by its sido , I think they would ha . e been safe . The passage , such as it is , is zig-zag , and cannot he made in a straight line . In certain parts it is not more than twenty-four feet in width . The channel is dangerous for two miles .
Mr . James HahBIs said— "When the boats had been let down I saw Fleming and the captain in one . The first said , ' " Let us go back to the steamer . " The captain said "No , push out ;" but as a lady and two children were crying on the steamer , Fleming insisted upon returning , arid at that moment several persons jumped into and upset the boat . I saw the captain in the boat , and heard it said , " For shame , captain ; save the ladies and children . " Painp Cnmirxe said—After the ship had struck I jumped overboard , and at the end of half
an hour was close to Mr . Gossett . We talked a good deal ; he said when we were about three or four miles from the . steamer , "Mydear fellow , think you there is any chance of our being saved ? " I said , "I do not see any . " He answered , "lam very much fatigued ; I do not think I shall be able to hold out much longer . " Ten minutes after , I saw him change his place , and heard him cry . I believe he was prayinH . I saw a boat coming , and cried for help , an d the men , who were fishers , came and saved me . Afterwards they picked up Mr . Gossett . I suggested to them that he might not be quite , dead : we tried to recover him , but he
was gone . The inquest was adjourned at the close of this witness ' s evidence . The captain of the Jupiter , the proprietors and agents of the Superb , and probably Mr . Fleming , were then to have been examined . The funeral of Mr . and Mrs . Gossett took place on Friday at Jersey , amid a concourse of sorrowing ralatives and numerous friends . The Polka steamer wreck has been sold for £ S 0 to Mr Philip iNicoll , of Jersey , who hopes to raise it . Parts of the wreck of the Superb are being saved almost every day .
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I DREADFUL MURDER OF A CLERGYMAN AT FRIMLEY GROVE . Fhhiley , Tuesday . —This usually quiet and sequestered village has been thrown into a state of great alarm and excitement during the past fortyeight hours by the occurrence of a daring bnrglary , which has unfortunately terminated in the violent death of a venerable and much respected clergyman , the Rev . George Edward Holiest , who has held the perpetual curacy of this hamlet during the past seventeen years . The village of Frimley Grove is situate about one mile and a half from the Farnborough station of the South Western Railway , in the centre of the hop country . It consists of not more than forty or fifty straggling houses , and the parsonage house is at the western extremity of the hamlet . It is an
old-fashioned brick residence standing on its own grounds , but not more than one hundred yards removed from other houses on either side . The Rev . Mr . Holiest was a married man , his household consisting of himself , his wife , a man servant , two maid servants , and on Friday last , his two sons , youths of fourteen and fifteen , were at home , having arrived from school the same afternoon to pass the Michaelmas vacation with their parents . On Friday night , the family retired to rest attheir usual hour shortly before eleven o clock . Mr . and -Mrs . Holiest slept on the first floor in a room overlooking the lawn ; the two boys occupied an apartment on the same floor ; the man servant slept at the top of the house , and a room adjoining formed the sleeping
apartment of the two maid servants . It appears that it was Mr . Hollest' s custom , when his children were at home , to leave the door of his bedroom ajar in order that he might overhear them in the event of their requiring anything , and he seems to have done so on Friday last . After retiring to rest , both himself and his wife fell into a sound sleep , from which they were together awakened about three o clock on Saturday morning by a sudden increase of li ght in their apartment and a noise of footsteps . On looking up they saw two masked figures standing at the front of their bed , but so little susp icion of danger had the reverend gentleman , that his first impression was that his sons were playing him a trick , and in playful terms he chided
them , and told them to begone to bed and not play jokes with him at that hour of the night . Mrs . Holiest , with a quicker perception of danger , at once saw the dreadful troth , and screamed aloud . The miscreants instantly seized Mr . and Mrs . Holiest , and with pistols pointed at their heads , declared that if they made the . slightest noise they would blow their brains out . Mrs . Holiest notwithstanding the imminent peril she was in struggled hard , and at length succeeded in slipping out of bed and seizing a hell rope , upon which her assailant rushed round to the side of the bed and threw himself upon fcei- witb such force as to . snapthe bell rope asunder . The fellow continued to stand over her with his p istol pointed to her face , and she
states that she fully expected to be shot dead every moment . Mr . Holiest , who although fifty-four years of age , was a very strong and active man , on discovering how matters stood , struggled with the villain , who stood over him , and at length got out of bed , and was in the act of stooping down to reach the poker from the firenlace , when his assailant fired at him and wounded him in the abdomen . The unfortunate gentleman was not aware at first that he had been struck , and continued to grapple with the fellow , endeavouring by every means in his power to prevent his escape . The report of the pistol at this moment appears to have alarmed the miscreant , who was standing over Mrs . Holiest , and he left her
for a moment , and joined his companion . This courageous woman , nothing daunted by the fright She had undergone , on finding herself released rushed to the tire place , and seizing a large hand bell swung it to and fro several times . This had the effect of alarming the burglers , who almost immediately left the apartment , and descending the staircase ran out of the house hy the front ' door . Mr Holiest , as soon as he was released from his assailant , ran lnto an ad J oiniD £ aPartoent and snatched up a gun which he always kett loaded . Descending the staircase with the gun in his hand , he distinctly saw three men running across the lawn , and , without taking any direct a im , he fired amongst the group , and it appears , without effect . ReturniaT to his bedroom he now first discovered that he was wounded in the abdomen , and having
endeavoured to allay the fears of his wife , he got into bed and ordered his roan servant , who had only just awoke and descended from his room , to send for the constable as a protection to his family , and then to fetch a doctor for himself . The man called up the village constable , and then proceeded to summon Mr . Davies , the medical attendant of the family , who resided about a mile and a half distant . On the arrival of the constable , a n ex a minat i on o f the premises was made , and it was ascertained that an entry had been effected at the rear of the premises , through the scullery window , the burglers having first broken a pane of glass , to enableithom to open tho window , and then cut away the woodwork , into which an iron bar was fixed . From . the scullery an entrance to the kitchen -was effected by tte removal of oneholt , which vFjgwa to baye been
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done ln . a yery . business-like manner , indicating that thevillains were no novices in crime . Having once gained an entry , they appear to have set open all the doors ia the house , so as to afford speedy egress , in case of alarm , or discovery . The front door was propped open by a mat , and two or three other doors were found fixed on their hinges by the insertion of kniv « J 3 in the crevices . From the positive testimony of Mr . Holiest their appears to be no doubt that three men were engaged in the attack , and ; the ainount of property carried off seems to corroborate the unfortunate gentleman's impression . The cool determination , of the rascals may be gathered from this fact , that within half a mile of the spot a quantity of bread and meat , with two , or
three half empty bottles of . wine , stolen from the personage house , and evidently forming the debris of a meal made by the miscreants , have been discovered . On the arrival of Mr . Davies , the family surgeon , he found Mr . Holiest in very good spirits , and sufficientl y collected to detail the circumstances of the attack . On an examination of the wound , however , Mr . Davies formed an unfavourable opinion , the correctness of which was soon made manifest by the unceasing pain and uneasiness which Mr . Holiest suffered . After the first two or three hours the pain the unfortunate gentleman suffered became so intense that hope of his being able to survive the injury was at an end . His two brothers , who reside in the neighbourhood , were immediately sent for ,
and admitted to an interview with their afflicted relative . During Saturday the unfortunate gentleman continued to grow worse , and on Sunday at noon all hope of saving his life being at an end , the fact was communicated to him . He received the melancholy intelligence with Christian resignation , and having taken an affectionate leave of his family and servants , he declared that he freely forgave his murderer , and that he hoped God would forgive him . He added that he died in peace with all mankind . He then expressed a desire to partake of the sacrament , which was administered to him by a clerical friend and neighbour , and alter lingering in great suffering , he expired in a state of almost unconscious exhaustion at twenty minutes after eight
o ' clock on Sunday evening . Intelligence of the melancholy event had been forwarded , 'to London before it fatal termination was known ; and Sergeant Kendall , of the Detective force , was sent down to Frimley on Sunday night to assist the local police in investigating the . affair . The most active exertions were made , and the result of inquiries set on foot was the apprehension , on Sunday evening , at the Rose and Crown beershop in Guildford , of three young men of bad character , two or whom at least are shown to have been at Frimley during the past week , and one of them is known to have had some conversation with the deceased while endeavouring to dispose of some earthenware dishes . The reputed names of these
men are Hiram Smith , James Jones , and Levi Harwood . The are all well known to the local police as very expert thieves , and each of them has been several times in custod y . During the magisterial inquiry this morning tbe prisoners were , taken into the room where the deceased was attacked and where his body was lying . The conduct of Smith on being submitted to this ordeal is said to have been very remarkable , and strongly indicative of familiarity with the apartment . All three prisoners are very small men , and two of them scarcely five feet high . They are , nevertheless , most determined-looking men of the roughest cast of character . At the close of the magistrate ' s investigation , the prisoners were remanded ,
instructions being given to the police to send one man to Guildford , another to Farnham , and the third to Godalming , in order to prevent the possibility of communication between them . Sir James Stirling and Mr . Tickell , a gentleman of property resident in the neighbourhood , were present during the magisterial inquiry . The Home Secretary has offered a reward of £ 100 , to which the family of the deceased have added £ 50 , f or tbe discovery o f the guilty parties . The inhabitants of Farnborough and Frimley , as well as all the surrounding villages , have testified their respect for the deceased by closing their shops , and but one feeling of deep regret pervades all classes at tbe sad bereavement his family has suffered .
THE IKQXTEST . Mr . C . Woods , coroner of the eastern division of the county of Surrey , arrived at Frimley shortly after mid-day , and as soon as the magisterial inquiry had concluded a jury was impannelled at the White Hart Inn , for the purpose of investigating the melancholy affair . The jury accompanied the coroner to the deceased ' s late residence , where , having first viewed the body of the unfortunate gentleman , they were conducted to the dining room for the purpose of receiving Mrs . Hollest ' s deposition .
Mrs . Holiest said , on Friday night last I retired to rest about five minutes to eleven o ' clock , my husband having gone > to bed previously . About three o clock on Saturday morning I heard footsteps in our bedroom and I saw two men at the foot of our bed ; One of them put his left hand on my feet and in his right hand he held a pistol , which appeared to be levelled at my head . One of the men was a little taller than the other . The tallest seized Mr . _ Holiest in the same w ay and levelled a pistol at . him . As nearly as I can recollect , both of them said together that "if we made any noise they would blow our brains out . '' That expression was repeated several times . Mr . Holiest at first thought it was our boys playing a trick upon him ,
and he told them to go to bed . I saw at once the terrible reality / and sprang out of bod on the loft hand side to ring a bell , the rope of which hung down at the head of the bed . On my doing so one of the men rushed towards me nnd pushed me down with so much force that the bell rope broke in my hand . The man continued to press me down on the floor and held a pistol close to my eyes . While in this position I heard my husband , who had also got out of bed , scuffling with another man on the other side of the room , and presently afterwards I heard the report of a pistol . I struggled hard with my assailant in order to get round to help my husband . I think the man fancied his comrade was shot , as he gave way a little , and I at length succeeded in getting round to the fireplace , and taking hold of a large hand-bell , which I rung as loud as I could . The men at this time left the room , followed- by my husband . I ran to the
window , and throwing up the sash , rang the hand-bell again . While doing so I heard a gun fired from the lower part of the house , and at the same time observed two men run across the lawn . One of the men turned back and looked at me , and I shut down the window immediately . —The Coroner : You saw only two men then ? Mrs . Holiest : I saw only two myself , but Mr . Holiest told me he had seen three distinctly . After I had closed my bedroom window I went to my children ' s room , and on the landing I met Mr . Holiest coming np stairs . He said to me " The fellow has shot me , " and at the same time showing the wound . —The Coroner : What persons slept in the house besides yourselves ? Mrs . Holiest : One man servant , two women servants , and my own boys . —The Coroner : Did you see'how the men were-dressed ? Mrs . Holiest : They appeared to me to be dressed in light clothes , and to have their hair stuck out at the sides of their
heads for the purpose of disguise . -Their faces appeared , to be covered with linen masks as I could see holes for their eyes . I heard no rustling of paper , and , therefore , I think the masks were linen . —The Coroner Since this occurrence happened have any persons been placed before , you ? Mrs . Holiest : Yes . —The Coroner : Are you able to identify-any of them ? Mrs .- Holiest : I suspect two of them . —Coroner ( to Mrs . Holiest ) : Do you think it possible that there were three men in the bedroom at the time ? Mrs . Holiest : Oh , yes , I think it very likely . I did hot observe either the man who stood over me or the one who was strugg ling with Mr . Holiest go to the table where my watch was lying , and as it is gone I think it very probable that a third party may have taken it . The examination of Mrs . Holiest here closed , and the coroner and jury returned to the White Hart Inn , where the examination of the other witnesses was proceeded with .
Mr . William Davis , surgeon , described the nature of the wound . The deceased died on Sunday evening . Had since made a post mortem examination of the body , and found a small grey marble between the bladder and the rectum . Had no h es it a tion in stating his death to have been caused by the wounds described . TheConosEE ( to the police ) : Do I understand that you have any party here who can depose to having seen the three men in custody on this charge in Frimley village on Friday night ?
Inspector Bolusotos : Yes , sir . A young woman in the service of Mr . Mayberry , a . surgeon of this place , has already identified two of the men . She saw three men together in front of her master s house about half-past twelve o ' clock on Friday night , and she has identified two of the prisoners as being of the party . —The Coroner here desired that the prisoners , who were all in custody downstairs , should be placed in the tap-room among other partics , and that the girl alluded to should then be asked if she could point them out . This was immediately done , and , althoug h the prisoners were each placed at a different part of the room , the girl , upon- entering , directly pointed out tne two men , Smith and Jones . The third pr isoner she could not recognise . The officers having communicated the result to the coroner ,
Mauy Gouldstonb . the girl in question , sworn and examined . In reply to the coroner , she stated that she was a nursemaid in the service ot Mr . Mayberry , and that on Friday night last , about half-past twelve o ' clock , she-was looking out oi her bedroom window , which was on the second floor , and faced the street , when she saw three men stand ; ing on a grass plat nearly in front of her master s house . Shetook particular notice of them , as she thought one of them appeared to be tipsy . 1 no three prisoners were here introduced , and the witness immediately pointed out tne two she had pre .: viously identified . !
I Dreadful Murder Of A Clergyman At Frim...
0 n «««„ Ei ^ NfiH ( addreS 3 ing the prisoners ) said , bb lll „ l £ $ h ? y were - aware that a very serious - „ = 5 t r } e ™ made against them . The last wit-Si . "red that she had seen them in w 3 i " - nday nisht , athalf-past twelve , and ne wisnea to inform them that they were at liberty to ask any questions if they chose to do so . -ine prisoner Smith said that he could Iring forwara a person to prove that he had not been ; in Frimley on the night in question . xne inquiry was then adjourned for a week ,
FUBTIIEK PARTICULARS . - ihe government has ' offered a reward of £ 100 , to which is added a reward of £ 50 on behalf of the disconsolate . widow , to any person who will give such information and evidence as shall lead to the disoovory and conviction of tho burglars . And her Majesty s gracious pardon will be granted to any a " com P ] . ( not being the person who actually fired Due snot J , who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the same result . there 13 great reason to hope , in the event of the parties m custody being guilty , that one of them ma ! poa < i his companions . While at Frimley ^ Wednesday , narlev is stated to have asked one ol the officers whether any , and what reward , had De offered for tho discovery of the offenders .
, T e Rowing is a list of the articles carried oft by the thieves : —A gold watch , ' Ko . 1 , 899 , ( maker ' s name James Murray , Corahill ) , with short chain , key and seal united , and a plain blood stone ; a silver eng ine-turned hunting watch , ( out of repair ); a small old-fashioned gold watch , with white dial ; a one-shaped plated sugar basin , a silver antique snutt box , with a device ( figures ) on it , gilt inside , and small holes ; a small silver box , with hinge lid . ; a silver , pencil case , ( Mordan ); a gold ring , with blood stone ( engraved in old English " Forget me not ) ; an engine-turned silver pencil case , with plain blood stone ; two rough blue cloth lads'
overcoats , with name marked on tape inside ; cup and paton ( pocket communion ) , and silver top to bottle ; a short camlet cloak , dark brown , lined with serge ; a black case of silver instruments , with silver edges to lid , engraved " Colin Donaldson , " containing a six-iuch rule , a small pair of scissors , knife with plain silver handle , toothpick , and compasses ;• an old-fashioned silver table spoon , much worn in the bowl ; German plate ( King ' s pattern ) knife , fork , and spoon , to fit case ; a silver pencil case , with yellow stone , broken at the point ; a gold pin , with cut top ; the silver tops of two scent bottles , and about £ 5 in gold and silver monies .
Fatal Railway Accidents. On Tuesday An I...
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr . Herford , at the Reyal Infirmary , Manchester , on tho body of a man named Allen Ash , of 9 , Sheffields treet , aged thirty years . Deceased was a railway guard in the employment of the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway Company . About a quarter to seven o ' clock on the previous evening , deceased was on a luggage train which was moving at about the rate of three miles an hour , on the railway near the Ardwick station . 4 s the
train was crossing from the up line to the down line , the waggon on which deceased was standing went off the rails , and he was seen by a man on the engine to fall off , with a lamp in his hand . The engine was immediately reversed , when deceased was found lying between the rails . He was quite sensible , but his left thigh was shattered . A surgeon was sent for , who bound up his thigh , and he was then taken to the Koyal Infirmary , where he died tho same evening from tho effects of the injuries he had received . The jury returned a verdict of'' Accidental death . "
On Saturday evening last , an accident occurred to a government train at tho Deep Car station , on the above railway , which has unfortunately resulted in the death of one of the passengers . It appears that in consequence of the train being driven rapidly up to the station , and then stopped somewhat suddenly , the impulse thus given to the entii-e train caused the link which secured the carriages to the tender to spring off the hook ; and there un » fortunately being no sido chains attached at the time the whole line of carriages commenced a retrograde - course at the moment the Deep Car passengers were alighting , whereby several of them were thrown down with some force , but without any injury except to one passenger—a Mr .
Thomas Wood , of Huntshelf—who was drawn down between the edge of the platform and the train , and his legs falling across the rails , were passed over just above the ankles by the wheels of two or three carriages , and completel y cut in two , except a little of the skin on the under parts . The poor man was removed to his own house , and amputation of the stumps was performed the same night by Mr . Henry Jackson , of Sheffield . The shock was , however , too great for his vital powers , and , after lingering until Monday , death closed his sufferings . Another passenger , a young female , had a most narrow escape , being , like poor Wood , drawn down between the platform and the train ; but fortunately escaped contact with the moving carriages .
Fatal Accident on the Midland Railway . —On Wednesday morning a man was killed by the mail train from London to Leeds . The train was backing into the station , and the man , being upon the rails , was knocked down by the carriages , which , with the engine and tender , passed over his body , crushing him so dreadfull y that his identity was completely destroyed . From his dress he is supposed to be a workman employed in the engine shed . Tho same train was delayed at Chesterfield by the breaking down of two carriages in a luggage train which had preceded it upon the lino , but no personal injury was sustained by any one .
A Dangerous Refugee:—Along With The Refu...
A Dangerous Refugee : —Along with the refugees from the late Hungarian war , who arrived at Southampton in June last , and were so hospitabl y received by the inhabitants . of Southampton , was one whose dashing appearance—so different from the care-worn and travel-soiled aspect of his comrades in misfortune—excited general attention . He dressed in an expensive manner , his clothes being so designed as to preserve somewhat of -the characteristics of the national Hungarian costume , and regularly took equestrian exercise on hired horses . At the civic procession , on the occasion of ; the Lord Mayor ' s visit to Southampton , the Baron Louis Bulow , as he entitled himself , made a conspicuous figure , oh horseback , wearing a richly '
embroidered velvet coat , trimmed with gold laco . He recently took up his lodgings at the house of Mr . Short , whose kindness to some of the refugees is known to our readers . A rather awkward circumstance , however , occurred the other day , and somewhat damaging to the reputation of M . de Bulow . When the Hermann , steamer arrived hero from Bremen , en route to new York , the soi-disant . baron got acquainted with a , German on board , o f whom he . obtained £ 100 in , sovereigns , in exchange , as he said , for a £ 100 note , but as soon as he had got the cash he pretended to . have left the note on shore , and went away for the . assumed purpose of procuring it . To assist in the delusion ne went to the American Consulate , and took his passage ,
paying £ 26 for it to Messrs . Cioskey and Martineau , but at the-starting of the Hermann he was not est . A day or two afterwards he called on Messrs . Croskey and Co ., and made some clumsy excuse for his absencej and wanted to get back part of his passage money , in whiclihe was not , successful . Suspicions being thus awakened , inquiries were madei and it turns out that on his first arrival here he went to Mr . Kotterer , a German , in business in Bridge-street as a watch and clock maker , representing himself as the possessor of an estate worth 12 , 000 , 000 florins , in-Milldorf , : on the ' boi-clers of Hungary , of which ho had been deprived by the late war . lie begged the favour of n month's boardand lodging , till he could write to his friends . ' Mr .
Ketteror , ' - on the strength of letters which . " the baron" produced , apparently corroborative of the truth of his story , gave him board and lodging for eight weeks , supplied him with clothing , and ilent him , on fifty-four occasions , in sums varying from 2 s . to £ 12 , the total sum of £ 120 . During this period he made several representations to account for his position , and on one occasion he produced ' a letter purporting to be from his brother-in-law , stating that he had sent "the baron" £ 30 , 000 , which he would be enabled to draw at Messrs . Rothschild ' s , Mr , Ketterer , on three separate occasions , paid the expenses of himself and "the baron" to London , and the latter kept putting him off , by stating that Messrs . Rothschild demanded an exorbitant interest , which he would not submit to pay , and other like excuses . Six weeks ago he went to reside at Mr . Short ' s but still continued
borrowing cash of Mr . Ketterer , as wo have mentioned , producing various letters , from time to , time " , with reference to his pretended property . lv ! r . Vienerj of the Temple of Fancy , in tho , High-street , was also a creditor to tho tune o £ 27 8 s . Gd . ; but on his receiving letters on Saturday last ,, representing " . the baron" as a swindler and a thief , he took those letters to him , just subsequent , as it appears , to his getting the money from the passenger on board the . Hermann , and succeeded in getting payment of his'debt . He afterwards went to Mr . Ketterer , and borrowed £ 2 of him , stating that he was suddenly called to London , and instructing him to follow ; him there on the succeeding evening , naming an hotel in Leicester-square as the rendezvous ; but on Mr . Ketterer ' sarrivalthere he found no trace of the fellow , who , we need scarcely say , has not sinco been heard of . —Hampshire Independent
, Exhibition of 1851 . —The Central Committee of Denmark has forwarded its demands for space to her Ma j est y ' s Commissioners . From this it appears that the Danes , propose . toi exhibit ^ printing machinery , porcelain ( painted . and bisque ) , shell carving , bronzes , ' clockwork , rifles , musical instru-1 merits , furniture , ivory turning ; sty logranhio plates , oilcloths , lace , , woolnettingy Randers gloves ( with ' leather Bpecimens ) , fur . carpets ,- stearme , candles , I playing cards , white glue , and statuary ,
Middlesex Sessions, The September Genera...
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS , The September general adjourned session of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Monday morning , before the assistant judge , Mr . Po wnall , chairman of the bench , Mr . Witham , and other magistrates . There were fifty-nine prisoners for trial , fifty-four of whom were charged with felony , and five with misdemeanour ; forty of them were able to read and write imperfectly , eighteen were unable to do either , and only one was competent to read and write well . Robbery from the Pehson . —Henry Williams , 32 , Daniel Carty , 17 , and Robert Buckingham , 12 , were indicted for stealing a shilling from the person of Emma Pigotfc , at- a fair which " took place in a field near Wostbourne-grove , Tho case was clearly proved by- tho evidence of a police-officer , who was on tho spot at the time in plain clothes , and the prosecutrix . —Williams said he was innocent ; he
was not at the fair for pocket picking !; he was only there ' « working" with a pea and thimble . The other prisoners denied that they had any part in the transaction . —Guilty . —The police proved the prisoners to be known pickpockets . Williams had been convicted , and was the associate of returned convicts and the worst thieves of the Seven Dials ; Carty was taken into custody at Barnet Races for pocket picking , and the other had been convicted . —The learned Judge said it certainly niado but little difference in a case where a man was charged with theft , for him to avow , by way of excuse that he was a thimblerigger . —Williams was sentenced to ten years' transportation , Buckingham to eight months' hard labour , and Carty to six months' hard labour . As Williams was conducted from the dock he made a desperate attempt to strike tho officer who spoke to his diameter , and he was only prevented doing so with difficulty .
Stealing a Watch . —Zalie Barnet , 38 , was indicted for stealing a watch , the property of Simon Lewis , from his person . —The prosecutor , a German , was at a funeral in North-street , Whiteohapel , when the prisoner went up to him , cut his watch-« uard with a knife , and snatched his watch from his waistcoat pocket : He was at once apprehended , and the watch was found upon him . The knife he had thrown away . —Guilty . —Former convictions were proved , and the prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation .
Robberies by Sailohs . —James Wallis , 25 , a seaman , was indicted for breaking open the chest of Jacob Potter , a messmate , and stealing therefrom five sovereigns , his monies . —The prisoner and prosecutor served together on board the Sir Harry Smith , and on leaving the vessel they went to live at a lodging-house for sailors , No . 12 , Wellcloseplace . On tho 16 th qf September the prosecutor left the house in the morning , at which time the chest was quite safe . When he returned the chest
had been broken open , and five sovereigns which he had left in it , were gone . No one . had been into the room in which the chest was save the prisoner , who in the morning had complained that ho had got rid of all his money , whilst , in the evening he had several sovereigns and he admitted to the officer that he had , broken the chest open , and taken the money—Guilty . —Six months ' hard labour . William Matfieldi seaman , was convicted of robbing Thomas Airs , a , messmate , of a £ onote and a sovereign , and sentenced to six months' hard
labour . John Moriarty , a marine store-dealer , was indicted for stealing a wheelbarrow , the property of Thomas Beeder . —Tho barrow in question was chained up at the rear of the prosecutor ' s house , and the prisoner was seen by a police constable to unchain it and take it to his own house in the middle of the night . The constable followed him , and on searching a cellar underneath the shop found some copper , lead , & e ., of which no account was given in the purchase-book , and he took both the prisoner and his wife into custody . The latter was discharged at the station-house , and the police took possession of the property in the cellar , and found parties who identified portions of it as theirs , but they declined to prosecute . —The defence was that it was done for a " lark , " and tho learned counsel
commented rather severel y upon the conduct of the police in ransacking the prisoner ' s place , and taking away property which was not the subject of any accusation . Some oftho property so taken actually belonged aa fittings to the house . —The learned Judge thought the police had acted properly under the circumstances , . there being no account of the articles in the purchase-book . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to three months' hard labour . Robbery in a Roman Catholic Chapel . —Mary Finneran , an elderly Irishwoman , was convicted of having stolen a piece of cloth , value Ts . from the altar of the Roman Catholic Chapel , Duncanterrace , - Islington , at which she was a regular attendant . —The learned judge said it was a very bad offence , and sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for six calendar months .
Street Robbery . — Sophia Burton , 35 , Sophia Elliott , 23 , and Mary Ann Wick , were indicted for robbing a sailor , named Fish , of eighteen sovereigns , Mr . Horry appeared for Burton It appeared that Che prosecutor met the three prisoners and another woman , who was known to the police by the name of " squinting Jenny , in Goswell-street , on the evening of Sunday , the 22 nd of September , and having entered into conversation with them , he , at their request , consented to treat them , and they repaired to . a . public house called the Maidenhead , where they had some gin . After this they went to another public-house , where they preferred ale to spirits , and the prosecutor called for a pot of that liquor for which he paid . Immediately after he had
drunk a small quantity ot it , he became stupified , and the only thing ho could recollect was , that after he experienced the stupefying sensations , the women pulled him about , that they got him into tho street , and that when ho recovered he was lying in a gateway , all his money having been stolen from him . From the evidence of a Jewess , named Isaacs , it appeared that " squinting Jenny , " who had hitherto eluded the vi gilance of the police , enacted the part of . principal in the transaction , the witness having seen her take her hand from the prosecutor ' s pocket , and exclaim , " Come along , I ' ve got the monev " and they ran away . Immediately before entering the second public-house the prosecutor
counted his money and found it all correct , the prisoners at the time having the opportunity of seeing it . The three prisoners were apprehended shortlv afterwards . They each admitted having had part of the money , asserting that it was ' * squinting Jenny" who had stolen it . —The jury found the prisoners Guilty . Tho learned jud ge said there was some reason to believe that it was the fourth woman who had administered the drug to the prosecutor in the ale , and that cirumstance only saved them from transportation , that punishment being inflicted upon all who committed robberies by means of hocussing or by the aid of bullies . —The prisoners were sentenced each to nine months' hard labour .
, Robbkrt in a Raooed School . — . Timoth y Callaghan , 30 , was convicted of stealing a coat and other articles from the " Ragged Dormitory and Colonial Training School , " in St . Ann-street , Westminster . The learned Judge , in sentencing the prisoner to three months' hard labour , remarked that tho men who were promoting these ragged schools were performing one of the most Christian duties that could be undertaken , and though they might appear to be sowing seed in an ungrateful soil , it was not so , as the result would prove . No class of men were more useful to society or calculated to confer greater ultimate benefit upon the community than the promoters and supporters of these institutions . ;
. Robbekv iiy Begging Jjipostohs . — Johanna Douoghue ,- 44 , and Johanna Lynch , 20 , were indicted for stealing a coat value £ 2 , tho property of William Clark . The prisoners went to the house No . 33 , Bloomsbury-square , and presented a petition , purporting to be from one John Wilson , of Little Guilford-street , praying for a letter of admission to the London Hospital . Whilst the servant went to hand the petition to her master , the prisoners , or one of them , stole a coat that was hanging up . in the hall , and made off . A description of them was placed in tho hands of Ilorsford ,
the officer of the Mendicity Society , who , knowing them from tho Description , watched for them , and he succeeded in apprehending them on Holbornhill . The servant identified both prisoners . Mr . , 0 'Bi'iou defended Lynch , who was Acquitted , Donoghue was found Guilty . Ilorsford said lie had known Donoghue for nine years , and Lynch for two years , as begging letter impostors . Donoghue was sentenced to six months' hard . labour . . The grand jury ignored tho bill against Fanny Baxter who was charged with forcing herself into tho sleeping apartment of Colonel * W . Macadam ,, and stealing therefrom a shirt , his property .
An Inquibt Op A Very Serious Character W...
An Inquibt op a very serious character which has been going on for some weeks , into the character of somo of the cadets at the Royal Military Academy , Woolwich ; has at length been brought to a close In consequence of some practices too gross and atrocious to be particularised practised by some oftho students who had recently joined from the now training school at Carshaltou , tho Master-General of the Ordnance ordered a committee of inquiry to assemble , and investigate the
circumstances . The first result was the dismissal of , three students from this academy , who had been convicted of these practices . The . result of the labours of the committee has Jbeen the expulsion of six more out of the ten students who had joined the academy , making nine in all , and the peremptory dismissal of twenty-three scholars from the Carshalton School . The principal of the school , Dr . Andrews , has also been dismissed , for neglect of duty in not taking prompt steps to crush the evil when it first became known to him . . Thb camle-dealebs awl , farmers of Glasgow are devising measures to establish a new cattle market beyond the hounds of tue municipality .
Romance Of The Haree , - * The Times Of ...
ROMANCE OF THE HAREE , - * The Times of Satarday published , under the above head , the following narrative : — A few years ago a Greek girl of uncommon beauty was married to Mr . Melinger , an English physician residing at Constantinople . Children were born of tms marriage , which seemed likelv to continue nappy . Mr . Melinger received frequent visits from the highest dismtaries of the empire , and among others , from Kfcln Pasha , now son-in-law of thi Sultan , It would appear that the doctor discovered the existence of an intrigue between this gentleman and his wife . She soon after obtained a divorce and abandoned her children and her husband She ' shortly accomplished the conquest of Mehemet
Pasha , just appointed Governor of Belgrade and became a Mussulman . Mehemet ' s happiness was not complete , as there was reason to fear that their union would be sterile . Accordingly , he ventured a kind of reproach to his wife , who replied with a smile , "My lord , why did you not mention it sooner ? Would you prefer a boy or a girl ? " "A boy , by all means . " " You shall have one . " After a short interval the crafty Greek feigned to be ia the condition her lord desired , whil ? every means were employed prudently to exile him from his wife ' s apartment . Mehemet Pasha was recalled to Constantinople , and subsequently appointed Ambassador oftho Ottoman Porte in London . Previous to his departure , he expressed a wish that he might nave another boy , a brother and a companion for
his beloved Belgrade . As she had done in the first instance , his wife replied , " You shall have one . " At the end of a month she again declared herself enceinte ; the Pasha was soon obliged to set out for London , and his wife was left at Constantinople to complete hpr accouchement . After tho lapse of a few days the child lell seriously ill , and was sent , by order of the physicians , to Pera , under tho care of its governess , the same woman who had performed the office of nurse at the birth of Belgrade . However , an old black eunuch , who had brought up the Pasha , possessed his entire confidence , and could by no means recognise Usnud Bey in the child thus brought back , and in the presence of several slaves said to his mistress , " Well , my lady , if that
child be Usnud Bey , ho has become singularly altered by his sojourn at Pera among the infidels . " The mother remained silent , and carried off the child , directing a fierce glanco at the eunuch . Doubt had established itself , however , in the old man ' s mind . He betook himself to Pera , and proceeding step by step , he succeeded in acquiring positive evidence of the death of the veritable Usnud Bey , and of the substitution of a child of the same age , purchased of paren ts in tho lo west grades of life . The eunuch then returned , and , pointing to tho pretended Usnud Bey , said to his mistress , "Madam , let me beg of you to send that child back to his father—Mossul , tho fisherman . I know all . " Afc these words the woman became livid , and left him
saying , "It is well . " Shortly before the time of afternoon prayer she sent tor the eunuch , and was told that he was taking a oath . No sooner did she hear this than her pro . ject was immediately formed . The old man , as we have said , was governor of the Pasha ' s household , and as such occupied a sumptuous apartment , to which a bath-room was attached for his private use i it was here that his mistress sought him out . The eunuch was attended b y two slaves ; she dismissed them with an imperious gesture , and remained alone with the old man . " You were determined to find it out then ? " she said . " Yes , and I did find it out . " She then threw a noose round the neck of the wretched old man , and commenced strangling him . The eunuch was feebleand taken
, by surprise , could offer but little resistance . At the vociferations of the assassin , and the groans of the victim , one of the slaves returned into tho apartment , and at the sight of the horrible scene , rushed out , and began crying all over the house . " The Khanum ( mistress of the house ) is strangling the eunuch ! A scene of general confusion ensued . Others hastened to the bath room , and only reached it as the old eunuch , overpowered , was stretched out senseless upon the marble floor . Betraying no alarm at the publicity of her deed , the khanum loosened the noose , and slowly retired between a double row of her servants , whose imprecations followed her to tho door of her apartment . The eunuch had been kind to the slaves , and they lamented his
loss . One of them raised him from the ground and discovered that he still breathed . They rubbed him , and a physician was sent for , but it was too late . The wretched man returned to life for a few moments , and found sufficient strength to denounce the guilty one , and to give a detailed account of his assassination , but he expired immediately after . All Constantinople was soon thrown into a state of agitation at the news of the crime , which spread with , the rapidity of lightning . The Cadi arrived , and in spite of the Manum s ^ rank , the authorities determined that she should be arrested and conveyed to prison . A courier was then immediately despatched to London / to apprise Mehemet Pasha of the fatal occurrence . The culprit has already been examined
several times , and up to the present time the only defence she has set up is that she possessed a power of life and death over her eunuch , whom she considered as her slave . The affair remains at this stage for the present , and all further proceedings will be suspended until tbe arrival of a communication from London , or of the husband himself . As you may imagine , this mournful event has created a sensation in the higher circles of Mussulman society . It is presumed , however , that the Sultan will not be deterred by the rank of the criminal and that the punishment of the crime will be signal . The Globe of Monday ni ght reprinted the above , and added : — " The parties who figure in this startling account are known to us : and indeed the Times .
in which several leading articles have appeared on the subject of Dr . Melingen ' s conjugal wrongs , and the Pope ' s refusal to give him up his children , ought to have , recognised in the French misnomer of Melinger , its own quondam correspondent at Constantinople . Dr . Julius Melingen attended Lord Byron in his last illness at Missolonghi , and is the author of a book published in London , in 1814 called Memoirs of the Souliote Brigade . When we knew him at Pera , in 1839 , he had , already got rid of his wife , whom he had left with " her twochildren at Rome under the care of the Countess Melingen , his mother . The Countess was a Roman Catholic
and dame d'honneur to the Duchess of Lucca ; she , of course , brought up her grandchildren in her own creed , and the murderess of the old eunuch , whom we often met at Rome at the Palacedelle Stemmate ( the residence of the countess ) , also professed herself a Roman Catholic . She took seme opportunity of eloping from Rome , and lived two years at Paris in the Lola Montes style ; but still possessed , with a lingering for her dear Levant , she found her way back to that sunny clime , and the subsequent part of her history is pretty correctly given . We were quite prepared for the tragic finale from a knowledge of her ungovernable temper . "
Justice At Damascus.—A Letter From Damas...
Justice at Damascus . —A letter from Damascus of tho 28 th ult . says :- " On tho night of the 2 nd of this month M . Abraham Romano , a Prussian Jew , was awoke by the cries of his neighbours , who had arrested a man when just issuing from the house , after having Stolen » gold necklace and some jewels , wliich Madame Romano had worn the evening before . The court was soon filled with Musselmans , who , hearing that the man in custody was a Turk , pretended that M . Itomano and the other Jews had inveigled him into the house in order to murder him . " The thief , delig hted at this chance of escape , boldly affirmed that such was the case . Under the circumstances , the Turks decided that the parties should be taken before the Kiaia . This latter , listening only to the Musselmans and to the thief , ordered the latter to be at once set at liberty , and M . Romano and two other Jews to be bastinadoed . The two last , being Turkish subjects submitted to
their fate , but M . Romano protested , and presented to tho Baaia a certificate from the Prussian consul , declaring that ho was ; a Prussian subject . The Kiaia ,. in a rage , directed a double amount of blows to be given him , and in addition ordered him to be sent to prison . M . de Wextel , tho Prussian Consul , being informed of what had passed , intervened iu favour of M . Romano ,, and obtained at last that he should bo removed to his own house ,, where , however , the unfortunate man expired a few days after , from the severe punishment which he had received . Ihe Consul has addressed two notes . to Said Pasha , demanding a signal reparation , and that the Kiaia should bo severely punished ; but no answer has-; yet been returned . The Consul has just sent in a ' report on the whole matter to the Prussian Ambasisador . it Constantinople , in order that the matter may be investigated and settled in a manner suitbJo to tho dignity of Prussia : "
Abernetux- ' s . Pile Ointment . —One of the greatest legacies bequeathed to human kind , by . the immortal Aber nethy , was , no doubt , his -wondoiful discovery for the infallible cure of thutniostloathsome and painful diseasethe piles . The proprietor of this valuable remedy , though under the treatment of several doctors ^ suffered intensely for many years with the piles and occasional" bearingsdown , ' yut was notluug . better , but rather grew worse , ' until he applied to that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernethy , whose prescription completely cured him , and has since proved its powers to heal in thousands of cases of piles , fistuU » ,. & c . In fact the saedical profession , always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of auv in « dicine not
prepared . by themselves , are now unanimous iu . rccomnic-nding 'The l'ilo Ointment , ' as prepared from tho original prescriptio \ of that departed wonder of tho age , Mr-Abernethy . Sold in covered pots at lis ., ' andls . Gd ., Oy all respectable chemists and dealers in patent mcdicmes in every market town throughout the United Kmguom . The surpassing excellence of Hoixowat * «™™ and Pills in the cuue or Old W Sores . —Four years since , Thomas » net- at Manchester , received a severe its coming in contact jvith the ma 0 J' | able time he was attended by several Infirmary , who decided that " ^ man ' s life but imputation to tn ^ " pon he was tumed ' ouj . u ^ , hS the wound alter £ 0 long a PW
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05101850/page/7/
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