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¦ Hbat . th or IiOSboh Donixo the Week . — -In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths mustered in the metropolitan distric ts were 839 . Taking for comparison tbe ten weeks of 1 S 40-9 , it appears that the lowest number occurred in the corresponding week of 1845 , and was JS 6 ? the highest in that of 1849 , when it was " 1 , 075 ; the average of the ten weeks is 925 , which , if augmented in the ratio of assumed increase of population , becomes 1 , 009 . This last number exhibits a high average mortality for autumn , and places the present state of the public health in an advantageous point of view . The death ; from the epidemic class of diseases were last ¦ week 207 ; in three previous years ( 1 S 47-9 , ) taking the same week in eachthe deaths from epidemics
, were respectively 337 , 44 S , and 372 . But it is an important fact to be observed that the present deereaseof mortality is almost entirely confined to the juvenile part ofthe population ; in no corresponding week of the previous ten years Lave the deaths of voang persons under ten years been so few as in last week , for the lowest number , which occurred in 1841 . wa * 390 . and the highest , which occurred in -ISm was 531 . "Whence it appears , further , that whilst the rate of mortality now P ^ vail . ng , approaches the average amongst persons of middle age , it actually exceeds the average wuh sexagenarians and others at an advanced period of Me . The > diseases which attack the young , small-pox , measles ,
scarlatina , and hooping cough , prevail much lesi latally than usual . Fever , however , seems to increase : last week it carried of 55 persons ; in the previous week the number was rnly 36 , and the average is about 40 . Four of the cases now registered occurred in the London Fever Hospital . Diarrhcea and dysentery were fatal in 57 cases , which rather exceeds the average . The only instance in which cholera is mentioned , is recorded in the following terms : —In . Bflthn . il Green , Hackney-road sub-district , at 23 , Ann ' s-place , on the 10 th October , the widow of a sergeant in the army , aged 81 years , died from bilious calculi in the gallbladder causing diarrhoea and cholera . ( Inquest . ) A woman of 60 years had been brought from
Ed--ward-street , Barnsbury-road , to St . George s Hospital , died on the 12 th September of " fever from want and exposure ( six weeks ) erysipelas ( three days" ) Four deaths are ascribed to pur--pura , an unusual number for this disease . The births during the week * numbered 1 , 369 . At the Royal observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was above 30 io . on Saturday ; the mean of the week was 29 * 738 . The mean reading of the thermometer in the shade was 43-3 in ., showing a further fall on previous weeks , and a temperature rather lower than tho average of the same week in seven years . The temperature fell towards the end of the week . The wind , which was generally in the S . W . in the early part of the week , blew from the N . and ~ S . lS . Yf . on the last three days .
Fatal Accident from Alleged . Negligence . — On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital , on Owen M'Cartby , a labourer , aged thirty-five . Deceased was employed at the new buildings in Oxford-street , arid while ascending with a hod of bricks a very lofty ladder , one of the rounds gave way , and he was precipitated to the ground . All the ribs of his right side , with the exception of two , and his pelvis and spine were fractured . The poor . fellow was carried in an insensible state to the hospital , where he died on the 10 th inst . —Dennis Carter , a fellowworkman of deceased ' s , stated that the ladder was forty feet high , and that , although the . men knew that it was unsafe , they were compelled to go up it ,
as work was pressing , and tbey had the option to go up it or go away . Deceased nearly reached the top of the ladder , when the rounds , which were rotten , snapped , and he fell . The day after the accident , the men struck , and a new- ladder was obliged to be got . The rounds ofthe old one sprang under the mea ' s feet as they ascended . It was an unsafe ladder . —Mr . Williams , builder , Hampstead-road , and contractor for the work ? , Stated that he had , on the day in question , mounted the ladder several times , and that , according to his orders , Mr . Rogers , the foreman , had examined all the ladders , which he pronounced safe . The round produced , which gave way under deceased , although made of oak . and only five years old , was rotten .
The . jury here stopped the inquiry , and went to examine the ladder , in which they found several unsafe rounds ; upon which they adjourned the inquest , that Mr . Rogers might appear before them , which they were most particularly anxious for , as , from what they had heard and seen , they were inclined io suspect that the accident arose from neglect in some quarter , the ladder being wholly unfit for use . "When after much conflicting evidence , the . jury returned the following verdict , " Accidental Death . But the jury are of opinion that the ladder is rotten and not fit for use , and that it was highly wrong to allow the men to work on it . . And they are further of opinion that it should be broken up and destroyed . " Mr . Williams promised to break up the ladder . Fatal Collision . —On Sunday morning , about two o ' clock , the sailing barge , Emma Clay ,
belonging to Mr . Meredith , potato merchant , of Hillyer ' s wharf , Shadwell , was lying at anchor off Northfleet > waiting the turn of the tide , when an apprentice who was keeping watch observed a brig , apparently a collier bearing down . He hailed her , but finding they did not heed him , he ran aft and called down the companion to rouse Morris , the Master ; but he had scarce done so , when the brig came stem on , striking the barge on the larboard quarter . The appientice cut the boat ' s painter and jumped in , and had hardly shoved off , when the barge went down with Morris , his wife , and child . Morris , however , almost instantly came to the surface , and was rescued by the apprentice . Mrs . Morris , and her infant , four months old , perished . It was a clear , starlight night . .. Whether those on board the brig were aware or not of the amount of mischief they occasioned , they held on their course . ¦
Fatal Accident at Lord Palmerston ' s . —An accident , by which a man thirty-five years of age was instanteously killed occurred on Monday , at the mansion belonging to Lord Pabnerston , in Carltongardecs . A number of men have been employed for some time past in painting * and decorating his lord ship ' s residence , and , amongst the number was a married man , named-William Abbot Cook , who , on Tuesday night , missing his -hold ofthe ssaffold or framework on which he was standing , overbalanced himself and fell to the ground , a distance of nearly forty feet . He was carried to Charing-cross Hospital , when the house-surgeon found that life was quite extinct , he having , no doubt , diedalinbst immediately after falling . Upon inspecting the body the surgeon ascertained that both thi ghs bad received compound fractures , and the skull was frightfuHy'injured .
Deck Passesgers ojj Board of Irish Steam-Boats . —On Tuesday an inquest was . taken by Mr . Baker , at the Bull ' s Head , Little Thames-street , "West Smithfield , on Tiew of the body of . Patrick Connell , aged 46 , a tailor , who died on board the Prussian Eagle , Irish steamer . It appeared that the deceased went to Cork about a month ago to see his friends . * On the 10 th inst . he was carried on board the Prussian Eagle , which left Cork for London thatday , and which had on board several bead of cattle between decks , with about 300 deck passengers who paid two shillings each . Deceased
was m a declining state when put on board . On Friday night the 11 th inst . a storm came on , and the waves of the sea swept over the fore part of the vessel where deceased was lying . A tarpauling was put up , but that was taken away by the passengers at tbe after part of the steamer . At daylight next morning deceased was found dead , no one having attended to him during the night . Yerdiet , found dead , and that tbe death was accelerated by exposure to the cold and the extremity of the weather . The Coroner recommended that better accommodation should be afforded to the deck
passengers . Supposed Suictde . —The body of a respectablydressed man , about fifty-five , which is lying for identification in the dead-house , St . Mary , Islington , has heen picked up in the New River , near Canonbury-bridge , Islington . His linen is marked "D ., " and a paper found in his pocket is signed " J . Daviss . " Fibs at a Lodging House in Ratcltpfe Highway . —On Tuesday morning , between twelve , and one , an alarming fire broke out on the premises of H . Dobbs , lodging-house keeper , 73 , St . Georgestreet , Ratcliffe Highway . The fire was discovered by one of the lodgers , who on going up to bed on tbe first floor found the bedroom on Ire . The brigade engines , under the direction of Mr . Fogo , were near the spot ,. but although there was a plentiful supply of water , the upper part ofthe premises ( which are insured in the _ Phosnix ) were destroyed . The cause of the fire is unknown .
Extensive Forgery on the Stock Exchange . — On Saturday last , at the Westminster Police Court , Mr . Disk , of Tufton-street , Westminster , obtained a warrantifor tbe apprehension of Mr . G . W . Mitchell , of 43 , Vincent-square , Westminster , on a charge of forgery to an amount said to exceed £ 4 . 000 , and who has absconded . Mr . Mitchell , was well known in the city as a stockbroker , his ofiices being 5 , Angel-court , Throgmorton-street . Robbery at St . Bride ' s Cut / rch Fleet-street —A robbery was perpetrated at St . Bride ' s Church at mid-day on the 11 th inst . It appears that divine service had been performed in tbe morning ; and it is surmised that the thief secreted hims elf in the organ loft . Between two and three o ' clock in tho afternoon a waggon-load of coak or coal was being delivered at the church , when the sexton discovered thatthe poor-box had heen broken open , and the contents carried away . On looking around him he also-observed that the cushions at the altar had
been stripped of their velvet covering , and that Other depredations had been committed . On communicating these facts , to . t ^ chwcnwardeoa , an instant . osamjjjaijoa was made , when ifc was . f . und
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that the sacramental plate had not been cmoved owing , probably , to the thief being disturbed ^ by taO sexton when he opened the doors to . admit the coke . IfOt the Slightest trace O f the property has been . d . s-C Eo tve CoNPLAflRATioN . ^ pn ¦ Thursday mornin" between the hoursof one . and two , a fire . attended with a considerable destruction of property , broke out in premises belonging to Messrs . Beach , the leather manufacturers , Grange-road , Bermondsey . Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock in tradef the fire extended , with unusual swiftness ; and it was nearly three o ' clock before the firo was extinguished . By that period , a considerable portion of tho manufactory was levelled with the ground , and the houses on the opposite side of the road much burned . Narrow Escape op Sir David Dun-das . —On
Monday , as Sir David Dundas , attended by his servant , was entering the Temple from W . iter-lane , in cab No . 148 , the horse turned round too suddenly , and threw the vehicle on its side into the road , Several -porters of the Temple ran to render assistance , which was , no doubt , the means of preventing worse results . The horse was instantly secured , and Sir David released from his perilous situation , hut very much injured about his handsj from his attempting to escape through the window on the upper ' side . Both cabman- and servanl escaped unhurt .
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Burglary and Desperate Attempt at Murder . — On Saturday last Christopher Heely , William "Wallace , George Green , Ilcnry Jones , smd Henry Thompson , supposed to belong to a gang of London thieves , were brought up on remand before the magistrates , charged with tho serious offence of breaking into the premises of , and attempting to murder , Mr . Marston , gold and silver dealer , Great Hampton-street , Birmingham . The circumstances attending this atrocious outrage were nearl y attended with the same results as so recently occurred at Frimley . The following are the trie ! facts , of the case : —About four o ' clock on the m orning ofthe 7 th inst ., Mr . Marston was roused from his sleep by a strange noise in the house , which
induced him to get up and go below , and on entering the sitting-room ho saw three men in the act of emptying the sideboard of the plate , & c , and a large heap of spoil was . lying on the floor . lie instantly attempted to run back to get his fire-arms , but the burglars made an attack on him with heavy bludgeons , before ho had ascended many stairs . Air . Marston turned upon the villains , and , with a wooden rail he tore from the banisters , he defended himself for some time , -when he was at length attacked with an iron poker . Numerous blows were inflicted over his head and legs until the blood gushed forth , and he fell insensible on the stairs , but even then they kicked and struck him over the forehead . Thinking they had deprived him of life .
and hearing other persons moving up stairs , they made their exit from tho premises by the same way they had entered , namely—through the ceiling of Mr . Marston ' s warehouse . One of Mr . Marston ' s daughters called loudly to the police to render assistance , hut from some cause or another they refused to break into the premises to assist the unfortunate gentleman . Ultimately the door was opened from the inside , when the oflicers found Mr . Marston completely covered with blood and apparently dead . Dr . Bell Fletcher and other medical men were soon in attendance ; but , although the unfortunate gentleman was restored to consciousness , he still remains in an exceedingly precarious state : Mr . Inspector GIossop examined the premises on
the following morning , and found that the burglars had obtained an entrance to the back of the premises by scaling a hi h wall . They , afterwards broke through the ceiling of an outer warehouse , but finding that a \ tbick wall intervened , another part ofthe ceiling was cut away , and a hole large enough made to admit one man at a time . The inspector took possession of a'hat which had been dropped by one of the burglars , as well . as the poker , which was much bent , and covered with hair and blood . Having , a suspicion of the guilty parties , he placed a number of detective policemen daring the day in a lodging-house in Carey ' s-court , Mdor-street , and before night the five prisoners were apprehended , They are well known to the
police as having lately come from London , and taken up their abode in Birmingham . Mr . -M ^ ton being still unable to leave his bed , the whole , of the prisoners weroremanded . ^ - ^^ . :. ' . V ' -. ' , ¦ Escape from 'Selbv 'GAdL . ' r-Thomas LamhV . ' who was awaiting his . trial for , an assault upon'Mrs . Cannon , of Garth-hall , near Brough ; has escaped from Selbygaol . This he accomplished by picking a lock , making a bold push past some people who stood in his way and dropping through a window ; ¦ Accident ox the Great JfoRTHEnx Railway . — Another accident occurred last Saturday evening on the Great . Northern Railways" The train which left Londotfat 5 p . m . came in contact with a waggon laden with stono at the Stevenage station ,
twenty-eig ht and a half miles from London . The waggon , which was on a siding , was not sufficiently forward to permit the train to pass . The result ¦ was a collision , which seriously damaged six passenger carriages , some horse-hoxes , luggage and luggage-vans . The stoker of the train received several severe but . not dangerous wounds , and many passengers were bruised and slightly wounded . Destructive Fire at Esher , Surrey . — On Saturday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the farm of Mr . J . Alder , West-end , J 3 s ! rerv Engines were procured , but , notwithstanding every exertion , no fewer than eleven ricks of wheat , barley , & c , were destroyed . Two-large barns and the stables were ' also consumed . Some valuable horses were saved with
difficulty . Strong suspicions exist that the fire was occasioned by an incendiary . One poor fellow , who was very active in endeavouring to arrest the progress of the flames , had his face and hands severely scorched , one of the burning ricks having fallen upon him . It is stated that Sir . Alder is insured . ' Another Glen Tilt . —We learn that the Duke of Rutland's keepers hare , received instructions to prevent persons from visiting the celebrated Druidical remains hear Stanedge Pod , Yorkshire , on the plea that it would disturb tho birds . Several parties on their way to the place have been stopped during the past few weeks . ; ;
Accident to Me . Betts , —Mr . Beits , the chairman of the Eastern Counties jRailway Company , met with a very serious accident on the 11 th inst . He was riding through his ' grounds at Preston Hall , near Maidstone , when his horse , a very spirited one , shied . He was thrown on the neck ofthe animal , and the end , of his ; riding whip , which was of the kind used by huntsmen , perforated through his spectacle into his left eye . Several pieces ofthe glass also got into the eye , all of which the medical gentlemen have not as yet been successful in extricating- Mr . Betts' sufferings are very severe , and ; it is doubtful whether the eye can be saved . Extessivb Fire : at Tottenham . —On Wednesday evening ' between six and seven o ' clock , a serious
fire broke out upon the extensive premises ¦ . belonging _ to Mrs . Wakeling , an independent lady , situate in Church-road , " Tottenham , at the rear of Bruce Castle . The . flames , when first ' perceived , were raging in a large barn , adjoining t the coachhouses , stabling , and , some cottages , but fortunately separated fromlhe private mansion by a space of at least forty feet . , By the time that assistance arrived from'London the barn and its coutents were destroyed ; the stabling consumed , and a cottage levelled with , the ground . The adjoining premises on either side being still on fire , the most strenuous exertions were obliged to be resorted ioj , to cut , off ' the further spread of the flames . :. Fortunately , the firemen succeeded in
entirely subduing-the fire by ten o ' clock . Mrs . Wakeling was insured in the Phacnix Fire-office . Esca pe of a Convict from Portsmouth Dockyard . —On Tuesday afternoon a convict at work in Portsmouth Dockyard managed to effect his escape ,, and has not yet been rercaptured . It appears he was at work in what is called * ' the new ground , '' and having contrived to escape from the surveillance of the keeper , he changed his * own convict dress for some labourer ' s clothes , which were lying about . While he was making his way through the yard to discover a place of exit , he was stopped by a policeman , by whom , according to custom with strangers , he was asked as to what he was doing in the yard . The convict immediately knocked the man down , and
made for the wall attached to the admiral ' s kitchen garden , over which he was seen to clamber , and from this garden he scaled another wall , and got into the streets of Portsea . A strict search has been on foot since , and convict guards , to whom the man was known , have been placed , at the gates of the garrison to intercept him in his escape , hut they have not yet succeeded . Another Daring Burglary at a Clergyman ' s . — On Wednesday evening information was received at Scotland-yard , that the parsonage house of the Rev . W . Mudge , at ' Pertinhall , near Sharnbrook ,, Bedfordshire , had , on Tuesday night , been . burgr lariously broken into by a gang of armied ruffians ,
disguised with their shirts over their clothing , and their faces , blackened . , The . follows made use of horrid threats , ' and having secured the family in one of the upper rooms , proceeded to ransack the premises . The fellows also regaled themselves with bread , meat , frnit pie , " and ' several bottles of port wine , carrying off * 200 worth of silver plate , some money ( amount unknown ) , and a Church Missionary box , which has since . been found in the churchyard , broken open and rifled of its contents . ' , The thieves effected their entrance through the larder window . Alleged Attempt to Rob and Murder by Mbahs of Chloroform . —Kendal , Monday . —The town has been thrown ' .. into a state ofthe greatest excitement and alarm by the report that an ' attempt had been made last night , by a man' who had Eecreted himself under a bed' in 'Shaw ' s Temperance Hotel , jfc > rob , and murder , ' by the ¦ agency W ohlo-. : ¦ ¦!¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ •'; .: ::.::.: -. !? . ' ;"! .:. - i . ;« v . ¦{• .. J' -i . ' n ¦
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reform , a gentleman lodging inrthe * house ; ' ; From the evidence given before the ' magistrates . this . day , it appears that the Rev ; Lachlan " M'Intosh had taken up his quarters on Sunday : riight ,-at -ShaW ' s Temperance Hotel ,. in thistownj Mr . M'Intosh / who had retired to ted . [ about nine ' o ' clock , ' was awoke by a man attempting to suffocate him by means of a rag steeped in chloroform . Mr . M'Intosh , who is an elderly maty . struggled desperately with his assailant , but ,, whether from ; the fumes of the chloroform , or the terrible disadvantage at which he was taken by his midnight assailant , he felthimself fast failing , when' his cries of " Help ! Murder !* ' roused the house . When Mr ; Shaw , of the Temperance ; Hotel , made his way into the
room , the intended victim was almost powerless , and tho assassin , or robber , was lying upon the bedding , which had fallen upon the floor in tho scuffle , apparently sound asleep ; - On being roughly shaken , the latter professed that he had long been a sleep-walker , and appeared , to bo . astonished to find himself where be was . A . policeman was sent for , and the man taken into' custod y . A strong smell of chloroform was perceived by the parties who entered the room upon the alarm being given , and a bottle containing chloroform was found under Mr . M'lntoah ' s bed , and a similar bottlejn tho carpetbag of the prisoner , who had , been at the Temperance Hotel since Saturday evening . The reverend gentleman ' s face bore strong marks of the pertinacity of his assailant , and ,. upon the landlord and landlady entering the room , his night dress was
found to be covered with blood . There had been no key in the lock of his room , and he had placed a chair between the door and the . bed previously to retiring to rest . This chair the people who entered the room on his cries being heard had to remove with some difficulty , so that the probability is that the ruffian had secreted himself under the bed . The prisoner , who was brought up this day , it was proved , had retired to bed about half an hour before Mr . M'Intosh . In the course of the evening he had taken occasion to tell the people of the house that he was a sleep-walker , and on one occasion he said he had walked four miles in his sleep . To the policeman who took him into custody he said he was a traveller , but refused to say for whom he travelled , or in what business . He was fully committed for trial .
A Female Burst in a Railway Carriage . —On Monday morning Mrs . Stacey , a respectable dressed young married woman , who resides at Suffolk-place , Snows-fields , Bermondsey , left the Waterloo Station for Windsor by the 9 b . ; 10 m . excursion train . The carriage in which she travelled was an open one , and contained about twenty passengers . On arriving between Richmond and Twickenham' her muslin dress was set on fire by a spark from the engine , and in an instant she was enveloped in flames .
Fortunately , a gentleman , who was sitting by her side had the presence of mind to throw the affri ghted woman down on the floor of the carriage , and with the prompt assistance of other passengers succeeded in extinguishing the fire . On arriving at Windsor , she was sent to the Royal Dispensary . Fortunately it was then , discovered , that although her gown and all her under clothes were burnt on one side , she had miraculously escaped with tho injury only of one of her hands , although in a state of great nervous excitement from the fright .
Death of Mrs . Maclean . —We have to announce the untimely death of this lady , wife of Donald Maclean , Esq ., late M . P . for Oxford ( late of Wilton Castle , Durham ) , in the prime of life , at Castellamare , near Naples , on the 20 th ult . It appears that Mrs . Maclean was taking a drive in her carriage , when the horses took fright and ran away , and the unfortunate lady sustained such severe injuries that she expired a few hours afterwards . ' ' She was daughter of the late General Maitland . —Derby Mercury .
Murder at Bonby , ' in Lincolnshire . —On the evening ofthe 7 th inst . an affray took place at the small village . of Bonby , near Barton-upon-Humber , which has resulted in the death of a young man named Robert Sinderson . The deceased lived close to the cottage occupied by one Robert Meggitt , an old man seventy-two years of age , and said to be of violent temper and quarrelsome manners . On the evening in question the son and grandchildren of Mcggitt , who occupied a room in the same cottage , were awoke by a loud noise in the apartment below , which arose from Meggitt ' s ill-treatment of his wife , They called for assistance , ' and the deceased coming in rescued tho wife -and held the old man down upon the bed . The latter , however ,
managed to elude his grasp , and , taking up a long clasp knife , plunged it into the body of the deceased up to the haft . Poor Sinderson walked home , but his wound was found to be of a very serious nature ,-the bowels being lacerated and'protruding so seriqusly that they could not bo reduced ; and , after' * , lingering for a few days , he expired in great agony ; An inquest has been held on the body , anda ' -verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against Meggitt ,. who has according been committed to Lincoln for trial . Fire . —A fire was discovered to have broken out on Monday evening last , about half-past eight o ' clock , in a barn in the occupation of Mr . Cox , near Brockley Hall , in the parish of Brockley ,
Somerset , by which about 150 bushels of wheat wore destroyed , together with other property , but it was . got under without doing any extensive damage . The cause of the conflagration is at present unknown ,- but a rigorous investigation will take place . ¦•• ¦ .- A Man Gored to Death . —On Monday evening last a very shocking occurrence took place near Cockerham , resulting in the death of a farm servant named Thomas Preston , from the attack of a bull . It appears that the deceased was in the employ of Mr . W . Lamb , of Cockerham , and on the day in question was leading a bull for exhibition at
the Ashton agricultural show on the following day . After he had proceeded some little distance on the journey the animal became very restiff and unruly , and the ring by which it was secured to tho rope suddenly snapped . Tho animal by this time had become infuriated , arid rushed upon Preston . He was thrown down , and tho ferocious brute did not cease trampling and butting the unfortunate man until life was extinct . It then made its way home again , and on the circumstance becoming known it was immediately destroyed . An inquest was held on Tuesday at Mr . Lamb ' s house , when the preceding facts were deposed to , and the jury gave in a verdict of ° Accidental death . "
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• Accident to a Commercial Traveller . —An accident of an alarming nature occurred to a commercial gentleman named M'Larne , while proceeding from Merthyr to Cardiff , on Sunday last . It appears that , after he has passed through the North-gate , near Cardiff , the night being very dark , and he not being aware of the canal being close to the roadside , he drove the horse and vehicle right into the canal , and had a narrow escape from death . Indeed , his escape is considered almost miraculous , as it was with the utmost difficulty he found his way tothc shore . Having obtained assistance , 'the horse and phteton were subsequently brought out : the driving box was lost , containing valuable papers , cash , & c . On the same night , several men were employed to rake the canal ,
in order to find the driving box , but up to six o clock on . the following evening , and' although the water in the canal was let out , the property was not recovered . Mr . M'Larne Hhen issued a bill , offering £ 5 reward for the recovery of the missing property . . In about an hour afterwards the box in question was brought to the superintendent of the police by two men , who said that they picked it up on the canal bank at six o ' clock that morning . Upon opening the box , tbe papers were found to be correct , but cash amounting to £ 69 lis . had been taken away . The two men alluded to were detained in custody , as their statements did not agree . Up to the present time the property has not been found : The accident occurred in consequence of the gas-light near the north bridge being placed in a wrong direction , strangers naturally making towards the light , on a dark : night . —Sivansea Herald . '¦ : ¦ , ¦ '
Accident at ,. the Britannia-bridge . —The stupendous scaffolding that supported the tubes of the Britannia-bridge on the Anglesea side during their erection is now being taken down , and , notwithstanding every care is used , ' and precautions taken to avoid accidents to the men employed on the ' ¦ service , several have taken'place , ' one of which has been attended with fatal consequences . Tho sufferer , David Hughes , in the employ of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company , was engaced in
removing the scauoldmg , and having displaced a heavy balk ; of timber , by some means he overbalanced himself , and , ' unable to recover his equilibrium , was precipitated a depth of fifty feetj striking in his descent against the scaffolding . He was conveyed on a board across the Straits to his residence where he was attended by ; Mr . Florence , the surgeon to the works , who immediatel y pronounced the case hopeless , the man having received severe interhal . injuries , besides fractured bones . He died in the course of the day , leaving a wife to bewail his loss . ¦¦'¦
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i Forgery at Edinburgh . —; On the 11 th inst . a tall young man , very respectably dressed , of dark complexion , and named William Lindsay Ogilvie was placed at the bar of the police court , and charged before Mr . Sheriff . Jaraiesoh , with forging on the National Bank of Scotland , in the name of his employer , ; Mh Munro , W . S ., to the extent of £ 195 and on tbe National Security ' s Bank , in the name of Miss Munro , to . the extent of # 10 , . making a joint total of £ 235 . The transactions , it seems , extended over a period of nearly five months , and so efliciently had the prisoner managed his scheme , that not until the previpus ^ Wednesday had the , slightest suspicion of any nefarious dealing been excited in the mind of Mr . Ahin p-. Thediscovery was made in consequence of Miss Munro ibaving gone to ; tbe Savings Bank to
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draw a portion of £ 20 which on the 13 th of June last shobad given Ogilyie . to deposit . She was then informed , irrespective of the represehtation ' of her pass-book , that the ; sum of £ 12 . only had been lodged on the . 13 th of June . Miss Munro immediatelycommunicated the inexplicable circumstance to her father , * ho called on Ogilyie at liis lodgings , in Herculesstreet , as he had been absent from the office for a week , under the representation of ill . health ; but , not finding him at home , he communicated , the circumstances to tho police authorities , and prosecuted inquiries into the financial state of his affairs generally , when'he discovered that on various occasions , between tbe 13 th of June last and the 1 st inst ., forgeries had been committed to the extent above stated ,
by rnenns of two sets of pass-books . , The book in which ' the sums actually lodged were entered he retained in his private possession , and forged another , in which he represented as lodged the sums received from Mr . and Miss Munro , which . he gave to these parties . M | Levy , and his brother officer , Laidlaw , were entrusted with the case , and succeeded in appreh ending Ogilvie . The prisoner-was remanded to a hig her court . Breaking of Balloch Suspension-bridge . —On Saturday last , while a small flock of sheep was passing along Balloch Suspension-bridge , which spans the river Leven , near the entrance to Lochlomond , it suddenl y gave way in the middle , at the south side , and sank about twelve inches , the other side remaining as before . The rupture ' seems to have been caused hy ' the snapping of two rods , each about an inch in
diameter , and this has led to the twisting and breaking of other parts , which will make the whole fabric difficult of repair , and costly at tbe same , time , though we have no doubt that ia a few days it will be all right again . . In the meantime ' traffic , excepting for foot passengers , is stopped along the bridge , though luckily the bridge at Bonhill , which is not far distant , will supply the want till the repair be effected . The bridge is upon Dredge s principle , arid is a very beautiful object in the landscape , being much admired by strangers . It has stood for upwards of eight years , ' and during the last Moss of Balloch fair , was at times ' crowded with hundreds of people ( exceeding in weight at least ten times that of the > heep ) without evincing the least weakness . It is singular that the fracture took place opposite to the side of the bridge on which the sheep were placed at the time .
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The New Irish Census . —The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Mr . Donnelley , the Registrar-General of Marriages in Ireland , first commissioner for taking the census of 1851 ; Dr . Wilde has been appointed second commissioner , and < Mr . Edward Singleton , of the Board of Works , who acted as secretary for the former census , is re-appointed to the same office . '¦ -, .. . Agrarian Crime . —Tho . King ' s : County Chronicle has an alarming account of the condition of . that district , to which the government have sent down Captain Brownrigg , deputy inspector-general of constabulary , on account of the numerous outrages recently committed . Crop-plunder is carried on in the most daring manner . On the night of the 8 th inst . fifty or sixty armed men surrounded - a house where bailiffs , in care of corn seized for rent , and some policemen were stationed , threatening their
lives if they interfered whilst the corn was removed . It was taken off in numerous qarts by the peasantry . Subsequently the police from a neighbouring station followed the crop-plunderers , and captured nine of them . ; ,. - ,.- ' : ; . Mission of Roman Catholic Bishops to Rome , — Tho Cork Examiner mentions that the Right Rev . Dr . Delany , Roman Catholic Bishop of that diocese , has left Cork for Maynooth , on his way to Rome . It is . understood that Dr . Delaney and another Irish bishop have been deputed ' to communicate with the Pope ,, on the part of the thirteen prelates who signed the petition deprecating any hostile proceedings ; against tho \ Queen ' s Colleges , and urging the . expediency of further ; representations to the . British goyernmentj with . a view to the adoption of such modifications in the system of instruction as might remove all reasonable objections amongst , Roman Catholics . -
The Tenant Movement and tub Landlords . — With the exception of Mr . Sharman Crawford and three or four other proprietors , the : landlords , no matter , what may be their political views , are carefully shunning the Tenant League , and deprecating certain doctrines broached during the agitation , as subversive of the rights of property . The . agitation , meantime , proceeds at railroad speed . - The counties are rapidly organising , with meetings of " the Council" one day , aggregate , public meetings on the next . The county of Waterford requisition
is signed by "three vicars-general , one hundred and twelve priests , the city council , and the bulk of the merchants and farmers of the county . " So , says the Nation , which considers these as " the signs of a bolder and more impregnable strength than ' 43 . " That journal adds . "Before Christmas seats for a parliamentary party of fifty , and the whole ten thousand pound fund will be secured . The deputies of , tho League will apply to parliament next session / with the united ' strength of Ireland at their back . "
Encumbered . Estates Commission . —Within the week ending on the 9 th inst . sixteen hew petitions for the sale of estates were presented , making the entire . number from the commencement 1 , 272 . Two only of . these sixteen inheritors are petitioners in their own cases ; "' . ' ... ... ' The Opposition Steam-packets . —The Kingstown correspondent of the Freeman states that the Cork Steam-packet Company have ceased the ruinous opposition to the City of Dublin Company , which tbey carried on between Liverpool and Kingstown , their steamer , the Minerva , having been withdrawn from that line ,, and placed on the line from Liverpool to Belfast .
Reduction op Rent . —A correspondent of the Westmeath Guardian writes : — " I have great pleasure of informing you that Mrs . Cooper , of Dunboden , has allowed an abatement of four shillings in the pound to her tenants on the March gale , now called'in . A similar allowance was made and duly noticed at the time in your , paper to the preceding gale . " i The Electric Telegraph . —Messrs . Fox and Henderson , the contractors for the completing of the Cork and Bandon Railway , have been declared contractors for making tho wire rope of the electric telegraph to he laid down between England and Franco .
Emigration . —It is really , lamentable ( says a Galway journal ) to witness the numbcrof persons who are emigrating from this port , even ' at this advanced period of the year , arid they too of the more comfortable class . On Friday morning the fine brig Irvine of this , port , Moore master , sailed for New York ,. having on board 238 passengers ; and on the 20 th of this month another ship , the Helen , is to sail for the same city with , we suppose , ia like complement . . ' . ' . ' . ' .: ' . - ; ; The Waterford Mail of Saturday says : — " Yesterday tho William Penh and Devonshire , . Liverpool steamers , left our quays freighted awfully with a human cargo of our self-expatriating countrymen . Taking the entire number of yesterday ' s exportation as 500 heads of families , and their average money at £ 20 each , we have in one day from this single locality £ 10 , 0 , 00 taken out of circulation . "
; A New Parliamentary Constituency . —On Thursday last the clerks of the poor law unions , in accordance with ' theprovisions ofthe law , made a return to the clerks of tbe peace iu counties , and to . the town clerks in boroughs , of all persons rated by occupation at £ 8 in boroughs , andat , £ l 2 and upwards in counties . In the first , returns , as regards some ot the boroughs , the numbers will be . less than the bond fide amount , because the immediate landlord had been , in many cases , rated for premises at and under £ 8 ; but this defect will be removed in all future lists . The boroughs generally will yield a pretty fair number of electors , but far less in proportion than the counties .. In Cork city ,, for instance , it is calculated that there will be at least
4 , 000 electors . Dublin city will obtain a very material increase under the hew system ; but some ofthe smaller boroughs will remain almost as narrow and ( exclusive as they had been ; ' for the present £ 8 rating under tho poor law is fully equivalent to the simple rent-letting orhousehold qualification test of £ 10 . The advantage derived by-the elector from the present law is this , that the poor rate is the only tax required to be paid by the claimant for the fran ? chise . Heretofore , in Dublin and two or ' three other boroughs , numbers had been disfranchised for neglecting to pay one or other , of a long list of local taxes . It has been calculated that in the county of Cork the constituency will amount to 20 , 000 . Ifc is stated by the local journals that there will be about
4 , 000 electors in the Queen ' s county , arid 3 , 000 in Kildare , both moderate in extent . Limerick county , it is estimated , will have at least 11 , 000 electors ; Antrim about , 10 , 000 ; Londonderry , about 0 , 000 ; but Roscommon will not have more thau 2 , 500 ; and another western county ( Sli go ) is not likely to exceed 2 , 000 . ,. So that taking orie country with ano . ther , the average will probably be between five and six . thousand ; or about 180 , 00 , 0 electors for the thirty-two Irish counties . Jn all . probability , the constituencies of the boroughs will . be under 40 , 000 , making , at the . outside , the . gross number of quali * fied electors iu , Ireland about 220 , 000—a vast augmentation tho almost nominal
upon constituencies heretofore existing , , as a , mockery , upon representation in this part ofthe United Kingdom . ¦¦ Irisu Farming Societies . —In . the northern district of -Kerry it has been determined to establish a Farming Society , in consequence of the renewed , visitation of . the potatpe blight , and tho consequent necessity of improved husbandry and cattle breeding , " without which ( it is stated ) . the district must continue its retrogade v course disastrous alike to the interests of the landowner and the occupier . " . Herbal Association . —The usual weekly mooting ? n ,. ? « -ty ™ s eW ° n Monday at Conciliation Hall , Mr . C . Ryan in the chair . . Mr . John O ' Con
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nell apologised for some delay in commencing too proceedings , by stating that the fun'ds were in such a state as to prevent thehv from paying a sufficient numbmof hands'tdidisc barge the business , laiidho had himself been obliged to discharge some business which had been left , undisposedof . T He then read a letter from Sir George Grey ( throu g hhis Secretary , ) intimating that * hehad laid before her Majesty ' some addresses which had been forwarded frbm'the'Hall ;' praying her Majesty to , summon Parliament . together for the purpose of considering . audi settling the law of landlord and- tenant . The rent , for the week was £ 1018 s ; J Od : ' ' '' " '¦ ' ¦ ''•'¦ " ¦ ' A Colony of-Irish--Emigrants . —This first detachment of a body of emigrants from the counties .
of Wicklow and Wexford , destined , for -Arkanaasf , arrived in Dublin oh Wednesday afternoon , to proceed by steamers to" Liverpool , from whence they are to take shippihgfor America . - ' The semamder are to follow during the present week . ' The emigrants about to settle in Arkansas are nearly 1200 in number , consisting of about 400 famihes / almost all of whom have been farmers in comfortable circumstances , and they are taking out amongst them about £ 16 , 000 / " ' ' " ¦' " ' " = ¦ ' ' '; " ¦ ' ¦¦ ' • ¦ ¦? ' - > " " . - The inquest in the case of the recent' murder ot Samuel M'Cornick , in the county of : Down , has ended in a verdict of wilful murder , against some person or persons unknown ; thus'leavihg , the case open to the imputation of ah agrarian character which if first received ; However , ; the man M'Uveen , against whom suspicions were raised , and who was supposed to have committed the murder from
motives of jealousy , was re-arrested after , the inquest , and will be subjected' to other , proceedings by the magistrates . ' ¦ ' ; " ¦¦! • ' ¦ ' ¦ " ' . Attempt to Murder a Magistrate . —On Sunday evening , as Wm . II . Kennedy , J . P ., of Rocksavage , in . the countyvOfMonaghan , was . passing from his drawing-room into the hall , he was fired at from without , and his shoulder grazed b y two 01 * three shots . ' , Several other ' shots were found in the hall . ¦ ¦ ' The Cuffe-street ' Savings- Bank;—A -preliminary step has been . *» t length taken with , regard to the claims of the unfortunate depositors in the Cuffe ; 8 treefc Savings . Bank . . . The . Commissioners appointed by the government have g iyen notice of their intention "' to investigate the claims and to distribute the money voted by parliament , pursuant to tho act 13 th and 14 th Victoria , chapJIOT ; and the deposit-books to be lodged on or , before Satur- ; day the 26 th inst . ,, ' .
. Cruelty To Lascar Seamen. - A Fine Bar...
. CRUELTY TO LASCAR SEAMEN . - A fine barque , named the New Liverpool , Captain Bowles , arrived at Southampton last week , from India , the Cape of Good Hope , laden with timber ( teak ) , consigned to Messrs . Wigram , ' ship builders , atNortham . When tbeNewLiverpoolentered the docks , ' ! the captain ; informed the Custom-house authorities thalthere was ho disease or sickness on board , but that ; there were three or four men ill . On getting on board it was seen that a number of Lascars tormed a part of the crew . The few that were seen were apparently a miserable . set of creaturesi They , were barefooted , crouching about the
wet deck , and seemed ; very . uncomfortable ! . They talked to each ; , othe ' r . 'iri ' . subdued '; and ' . ' melancholy accents . On Saturday , information was brought to Mr . Wiblin , the quarantine surgeon at Southampton , that a . Lascar was "dead " on board the New Liverpool , and that others were d ying .. '' An . urgent communication was made' also to the mayor of that town , and that fun ' ctionary , accompanied by several gentlemen , immediately hurried towards the dock , ' and went oh board the New Liverpool . . On entering the forecastle of the ship one ofthe most horrible sights presented itself . In a dark , filthy , illventilated hole , one Lascar lay dead ,, and sixmore lay , apparently dying , beside him ; of the scurvy . One also was afflicted with a most loathsome disease .
Two , ofthe sick' Lascars were sent immediately to the workhouse , but one was too'ill to be removed , and by this time is probably dead . Mr , ' Wiblin , as soon as he went oil board ,. ordered a . quantity of lemons arid other anti-scurvy medicaments to be sent to the ship . A coroner ' s inquest . sat on the dead'body of the Lascar , and ; after the body , the place' where it lay ^ and the food on which the Lascars had fed , had been examined , and some evidence . was taken , the inquest was adjourned , in order to give the captain ,, against whom some serious charges were tobe made , and who was then in London , an opportunity of being present . A post mortem examination of tire body : was made on board the ship by Mr . Wiblin . It appears that
when a gang of Lascars are hired m India to work a ship to Europe , one . of their number is their chief , protector , and interpreter , and is called a serajng . He , it appears , also , is in some way answerable for their good conduct and good treatment , and if ho : fails to obtain the latter , gives himself up to sprae , ' re igious and horrible tortures when he returns to India . The captains who engage Lascars enter into , a bond with the agents of the East India Company for their proper treatment , and to furnish them , with that peculiar diet which their religious scruples and tho climate in which they have been reared impose on them and render necessary ,, such as rice , fish , tamarinds , lime juice , and other kinds of food conducive to their health and strength . Numbers of persons visited
the Southampton police station to see the fish and rice on which the Lascars had been fed .. The rice was swarming , with large blue disgusting looking maggots . " , The : fish was black as . a hat , hard as iron , and as dry as a board . Some of the gentlemen who accompanied the mayor on board were taken ill afterwards , and not able to take any food . The Lascar who was so' ill through bad food and ill treatment died on Monday morning . This makes the third , for one died at sea , and' was ^ thrown overboard . . The five who were removed to the workhouse are getting better . A very ugly circumstance connected with ! this , affair . is , that though seven Lascars were ill and dying on Thurs-; day when the vessel arrived at Southampton , no i medical man was ' sent for until Saturday ; until , in fact , one had died , and another was too far gone
to recover
INQUEST . An inquest was held by Mr . Edward Coxwell , Esq ., the coroner , on the body of the deceased , named , Dorgayah ,. on board the vessel on Saturday last , when the following evidence wastakon : •—'¦ ,:.. John Hasselwood , chief mate of the barque New Liverpool , stated that the ; deceased was a Lascar seaman , belonging to the ship . Witness sailed in her fronv Liverpool on the , 9 th of April , 1849 , to Port Philip and South Australia and from thence to Moulmein , ! in the Burmese empire . The deceased "and eleven other Laseara were shipped at Moulmein on the 29 th of March , ' 1850 . He heard that they'had signed articles on shore before the magistrates , and saw a copy- of the articles . ; He
did not know what the diet was to be , but he heard that they had a fare given to them . ^ When . they first came on board , they- had three meals a dayj consisting of curry , rice , fish , ghee ( a . " sort ; of butter , ) chilies . and tamarinds .. The fish was good and wholesome at that time . ' This diet- was continued for about a month , i The gheo was soon got rid of , and then the curry , and subsequently the tamarinds . They . had , chilies now . The white sailors had a . different and regular diet , and'frequently gave part of their food to the Lascars , , who complained of their treatment . One Lascar died at sea , about a week ago , and was buried . The Lascars had no- bread or . biscuit given them . They did . not ask for any , to witness ' s knowledge , but if
they had they would not have had it . The 'deceased , Dorgayah , died on' Friday evening , after an illness of four or five weeks , the origin of which , he believed , was scurvy . Four of 'the others were then suffering from tho same disease . There was some ; lime juice on board , which was served out to the white seamen every day , but-: the Lascars did not ask for any , , and they most needed it . , ; The only diet supplied to the Lascars during the last three months was rice and fish . suoh as that produced . ( Tho ; rice was of the most inferior , description , and the fish , if it could be legitimately called by that name , was full of vermin , rotten , and jinking . ) The captain ' s name was Thomas Morgan Bowles * The Lascars ' have , had sago , arrowroot and soup , . and other things given to them since they . have been ill , but Itheir stubbornness would notaUow them to take tho medicine offered tothem
They had no medical man on board . The baptairi paid every attention-to them whilst sick , went to see them frequently , and sent them medicine : There were twentyEnghsh-seamen in the ship , and twelve Lascars . . TheLascars , who had no watch , were at work all day , and : were on deck at every call during the night . They slept on deck by order of the captain . They had berths in . the forecastle , butcould . notgo . tnere half tho time , as the place wasblocked up . They had lately had two meals a day—at ten and four . - \ . The captain went ashore in a pilot cutter when the ship was at the mouth of the Southampton river . He left the ship again on Friday morning to go to London , when he said he would send a doctor off . directly , but one did not come on board till Saturday morning . I John Kennedy , the carpenter , ( who gave his evidence very reluctantly ;) corroborated tho foregoing statement ,. i .-u , > ¦ .
i John . Wiblin , Esq ., surgeon , said he was called b y Mr . Tanson , the agent of- the ship ; to see the men about- eight o clock- that ( Saturday ) morning . When ho wont " on-board the vessel he found one man : dead , arid six others very ill-from scurvv syphilis , & c . Ho could not then account fottfie death of tho deceased ,. but judging from the coridition and appearance of the Other men , his opinion wasthat it was caused by salt and bad provisions and treatment suckas 'the witnesses had described ' ' He-had no hesitation-whatever : m sayinW that'if such-treatment had been inflicted onSany of out English sailors , : it-would "have accelerated fw produced , tho death of manyr ^ S & lS that deceased ' s life ^ woub / have % been ^ eS medical treatment had been . called in on Thursday
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Tho in ( iuiry , wa , s ; adjourned to Monday evening . when it was resumed alfthe Audit House , and Can ' tain Rowfes ' . was present , ' accompanied by Mr Pocock as his legal adviser ..: . ; u , , ; r , Mr . Wiblin , , who ,.. had . during the- adjournment made a pott mortem examination of the deceased ' s body , now stated tho results ' of such examination and gave very minute' details of the appearance of the . various parts ofthe body aridi intestines . The opinion which he had . formed j . as to ; thergeneral result of the examination , -was thatdeath wasocca . siohea by sea scurvy , 'induced , he believed J'by a deteriorated quality of diet , in which there was a defi . ciency of succulent vegetables , or of that impor . tant and ^ necessary substitute , Jimeorlemon . juice . The absence : of this article ; never failed , to entail that distressing malady—once so prevalent , but now J .
happily so" rare—sea scurvy , ' ' on those who make long sea voyages . He considered tbat that disease might be easily stopped by proper medical treat , ment , but not . unless a person , was . acquainted : wi th medicine . It would be absolutelv necessary to give a patient , lime juice . ' after the first , appearance o [ scurvy , and it would be very injudicious for a ship to go to sea without lime juice , or other remedies equally efficacious . . The serany , or chief of-the Lascar seamen , was next called , and Robert Dyei ' , chief oflBeer . of the Esk , one of tho ' Royal Mail Steam-packet Company ' si mail-boats , was sworn as'interpreter . The serang ; on his statements- being interpreted by Mr . ' Dyer , gave : his : riameas . Cassee . The form of oath he considered binding w as with , salt on a leafand words in the Hindoostap language .
, A conversation followed on the course to be pursued with ; reference to the administration of the oath to the serang ; ' Mr . Pocock contending for tho necessity of swearing him in the manner most binding on his conscience ; and the coroner said that if the nieh could not . be properly sworn , he would take the onus on himself of taking their statement not upon oath . Some salt was here brought into tho court ; and handed to the serang ; who said it was tho same-kind as that used in his own country , but it had not been prepared , or made , sacred , and had nob the properties " of an oath . The statement was tnerefore'taken without the serang being sworn . "The serang ' s examination continued—He shipped on board the New Liverpool , six months ago , as
serang , or boatswain . ( He was asked if he signed articles '/ but not understanding the question , ano > ther Lascar-was called , ' but no satisfactory answer could be obtained . ) The terms on which they shipped rested between the captain and the ghaut ' serang ; ' The captain told hinv what diet he was to have for the men , viz ., rice , fish , dholl , ( a kind of split pea ) , ghee , chilies , and tamarinds . They were to have curry stuff , ' which they were , to prepare theriiselves . They were ' also to have tea ; sugar , and coffee . " The quality of the food ' had'beeri the same throughout the voyage , excepting the fish . There food was proper for two months , ( but after that they had no ghee or tamarinds . , They asked for them , but were told that the ghee was all gone , arid the second . officer gave them pork' insteadi which thev
all ate . Neither tho ^ e wlrtTwere sick , nor those weuYhad any lime juice . Mixed pickles were given to the sick , . which they would not eat as it hurt their mouths . The captain gave them vinegar and water . They asked for pumpkin ' , but could not get it . The men who were sick'had preserved potatoes for two weeks ' , but they could not get them afterwards when they wanted them . The fish they had been eating for two months was very bad and unfit for food . Itvwas taken on board at Moulmein , from the ship John Campbell , and . was then very bad ; the cockroaches were eating it . ' ' . 1 -Alfred Charles Gilbert , the second mate of tho vessel , was next examined , and . his ' evidence was generally corroborative of that given by the other witnesses . He did not think the Lascars were
treated . as they ought to have been . Neither he nor the chief mate had had any quarrel to speak of with the captain , on their voyage home . ' The coroner then adjourned the'inquiry to Tuesday next , the 22 nd instant . ! ' -.,
Case Of Poisoning In South Wales Aberyst...
CASE OF POISONING IN SOUTH WALES Aberystwith , Oct . 12—A great deal of painful excitement has been created in the vicinity of Ponttryhedfendigaed , in consequence ofthe death of an elderly . lady of hi ghly respectable family connexions , named Ann Jones , under circumstances which leave nO doubt that her death was ' produced'by the administration of arsenic ; and the excitement has been increased by the apprehension of Mr . Elizabeth Jones , daughter-in-law ofthe deceased , on suspicion of being the murderess . The deceased lady , it appears , resided at Brondcrblaw , and for some time her ' eldest son , Mr . Thomas Jones , together with his wife ( the accused ) and their
five children , had lived in the same house with her . In the year 1816 the deceased ' s lady ' s brother died , leaving property to a considerable amount , and bequeathing to her , amongst others , a legacy of £ 1 , 000 . This sum Mrs . Jones ' placed in the hands of her son ; telling him to deposit it at her banker ' s at Aberystwith , to her account . ' * Instead' of doing so he paid it in in his own name , and used a portion of it for , his own purposes . On discovering this Mrs . Jones commenced a suit for its recovery , and succeeded in getting ' a verdict . ' The son then , without saying a word to his -family , we nt off to'America , and his wife and : family' went to-live with his mother . .. ¦'¦• ¦• , '
An inquest was commenced on . the body on the 9 th inst ., and ' resumed on the 11 th , before Mr . Williams , M . D ., the coroner . Subjoined is a brief ab » stract of the evidence given at the inquiry : — ¦ Mr . W . Evans , surgeon , of Aberystwith ! deposed to having made a post mortem examination of the body . , He removed the stomach carefully for the purpose of its being subjected to " chemical analysis . The 'duodenum contained a yellpwish matter , rather thick , and was unusually inflamed through its entire course , even tothe second i bortvels . -The colon was
likewise inflamed . The cavity of the body appeared healthy , and the deceased seemed , to have been strong andhealthy . : The inner coat ' of the stomach upon its beihg opened , had ah unusual ' appearance of inflammation , to such an extent 'as to awaken the suspicions of witness , and to induce him to send it to Mr . Herapath , the celebrated lexicologist and chemist , of Bristol . In his opinion . death was caused bysome unusual inflammation ,. caused by ^ the presence of some irritatingstibstance ! . The ' appearances were different from those of ordinary inflammation . ¦
Police-constable Thomas BeAro ; No . 24 , deposed to being present at th ' eposJ mortem examination , and to having conveyed the stomach and its contents to Bristol , and delivered it . to Mr . Her epath . Witness knew John Jones , of . Caenniawr , and had heard him say about two months ago he purchased two pennyworth of arsenic in Mri Humpnries ' s shop , at Aberystwith . He told witness that the deceased , Ann Jones , had directed him to make the purchase , saving that she wanted a bit of arsenic to kill some rats . ' He further said that he wa ' s served by ' an as sistant to Mr . Humphries , whom he should know again . David Jones , apprentice to Mr . Humphries , druggist , ot Aberystwith , ' deposed that about a month or five weeks ago lie sold some ooisori to a middle-aeed
woman . Rowlands , "Mr . Huniphries ' s porter , was present' at the time . He sold half an ounce by weight , and was paid twopence for it yhe wrapped it in white paper , and wrote upon it " poison , " both in Englishand Welch . He asked the woman what she wantedit for ' , and she said it was "to-kill 'rats ; He asked her if she was quite certain it ' was for rats , and ' ? , !!» ' " ^ es do y ° u tKu & Twtint to poison myself ? ? ' Witness - asked her where she lived , but had forgotten the place she mentioned . " Rowlands said he knew the place ^ ahd that it waia respectable farm . rhe _ woman got quite angry , with / witness for questioning her so . He could not say positively that tho accused was the person . "She was'abeut the height of the accused , but ' stouter ; he did'hot think that she
was the person . He sold poison once before to a man , bu t he should not know him ' again ' . V ! David Davies , apprentice to'Mr . ' . Humphries , deposed that on Saturday last ; Johh Jones , of Caenmawr , cameto the shop-in company with ' , the prisoner ' s mother , and asked him whether he '; had '' sold poison to ariy one .. ' ] Upon Mr . Jones asking him who he thbughthad bought it—was'itthe woman " at Porittyrhedfendigaed ? , He replied , " Yes . " { r Mr . Jones then said , he had bought some poison himself for the woman Who was dead to till ' rats with , ' arid that the woman had told him he was to he sure and riot men * tion it to anybody ; Witness asked Mr . Jones what quantity he had sold him , and whether or ' not be had marked it ? Jones replied that he had sold him half
an ounce for twopence , and that jthere ' was some writing upon it , but he could n ' ot . say what . ' Witness told him that he was wron ^ 'andtrmrfo the best of his knowledge he'had never seen him before . ' Mr . Jones then changed colour , atid he and the woman went away together . To the beat of his knowledge he never sold poison at any time to John ' Jones . ' He sold some about-thebeginningo -f last monthto ' a ' womanin the neighbourhood of Ponttryhedfehigaed ; She was dressed like the accu-ed , but he could no t identify her aubat p . eraon . He thought he should know that woman if be saw her again . He believed she said when she bought the poison'that she lived nearPonttyrhedfendigaed , *' arid' Rowlands , who was present , said he knew the farm she named very well , and that vt was a very respectable-farm .-
, Rowland Rowlands , deposed to having been present when the poison " was sold . It was an older woman than the prisoner and a taller woman that poughtU . li ft had known the accused for years . SW was not the person . , ' Charles Jonks , son ofthe deceased , was callw > and asked whether he had told any one that he bau been to Mr . Humpbries ' s to bay poison . He replies in the negative . ¦ . - ¦ ¦¦ ' Evan Evans deposed that he had caused the inquest tobeholden . He sent for a policeman alter Mrs ., Jones ' s death , because he knew th at sh e nau been abused . ' In July , 1810 , Mrs ., Jones , the deceased , ' caine from . Pengraig , because she said sue could get no peace there . She said that he * daugp , * ter-in-law ( theprisoner )' had thrownher downstairs .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 19, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19101850/page/6/
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