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FOLAND AND RUSSIA . GRIMES OF THE MUSCOVITE MISCREANT . -W c have to correct an error in our article of last _n- _^ _ck lor which tho author of " Eastern Europe nd thc iEmpcror Nicholas" is responsible . The 8 , r was in the name of the heroic abbess of the _Persecuted nuns : an eminent Polish patriot informs Lihat the real name of this noble martyr is Iiiexa _tJ { jj . cz y < liwska , and not Mieceslas ( _Miecesks is a _Slavonian Ciaistian name given only to men , and never •• liven to women ") . It is ncoessarv that the real _" _jnje of this brave woman should be known . That ranic is now the property of Europe , nay , of the world at large , and will go down to posterity with that of Xichows—the former to be revered , the latter w execrated through all time . * "We now proceed to place on record some further statements « f the barbarous doings of the miscreant ¦ Nicholas *
As in Poland Nicholas labours to convert the Catholic population to _t-se Greek Church , by what hellish means wc fully described las * week , so he pursues the same object as regards the Protestant population of the Baltic provinces . The latest news from those provinces is of a most melancholy nature . ' fixe work of Russianising the people is proceeding _Ja sp ite of all opposition . These provinces were formerly under Prussian domination , and were for some time governed by the Swedes ; but neither Prussia nor Sweden dare to interfere , Russia is too powerful , and every one must take care of his own affairs . It is , therefore , not for one moment , to be imagined that Hie imperial double eagleof Russia is to be frightened
from gorging himself there iu the destruction and dissection of an old limb of Germany by the very slight clamour that is raised _against him . What are the Russians doing there ? They arc attempting to change the most sacred things a people possess—their language , customs , and religion . This they have no right to do , for these provinces were ceded to them by a treaty in which they promised to respect and protect old customs and laws , and especially the language and religion of the peop le . During the first four years of the present Emperor ' s reign the Germans aud their customs there were respected and protected , bat the unhappy fate of Poland seems to draw after It into the fanw slough tlie other portions not uafionallv _belongins to the Russian empire . Everything
is to become Russian . Let ns now return to unhappy Poland , which country was visited by Nicholas last summer . To all the evils wliich continue to afiiict Poland these fifteen years , to political oppression and religious persecution , without a parallel in modern history , a fresh calamity has lately been added . The bad harvest of last year has _occasioned a scarcity , and the overflowing ofthe rivers at two distinct periods , in the spring and immediately before the harvest , h : is _ravaged every habitation and every field in many a district . These misfortunes have been aggravated and prolonged by the scarcity itself , which , prevented the sowinu : of half the land . As to the potatoe crop , the principal food of the poor , its deficiency in the autumn raised the price of that useful plant so exorbitantl y high , as scarcely to admit the possibility of using it for seed ; so that , to the appalling effect of present misery is superadded _inest threatening anticipations for the future .
It is more particularly ia theaneient palatinates of _Sandomir , Piock , Lublin , Angustow , as well in part of the palatinate of Cracovia , that the iamine and all the evils in its train have been the most felt . In those unfortunate provinces entire masses of people , deprived of every _necessary , wander about the eaunirv , divided into bands , in search of ihe most loathsome food , which is oftoicr more adapted to s w » tlic their liungcr than afford nourishment . Numberless diseases , the unavoidable eonsMmenec of destitution , rapidly diminish the number of these unfortunate mea , and despair sometimes drives them to acts of violence which the authorities arc not alvfavs able to repress . "
At the sight of > -o much-misery who cordd remain unuiovtd ? What hatred , be it ever so implacable , could avoid relentimr ? Yet the Emperor has remsiued indifferent ! De has seen nothing , or he would see nothing ; and he has not even _inquired into the causes of the calamity , or thought of any remedies bv which it mi g ht be alleviated . All his time at Warsaw was engrossed by unitary _pompi and parade . lie _reneatcdlyvisited the citadel , as if to convince himself with his own eyes that it is in a good posture of defence ; and he betrayed , in'ibis resiieet . some of the anxiety usual with one who _examines his weapon on the eve of using the same _, lie also made several trips to Georgieslc ( formerly Modlin ) , situate a fevc miles _frc-m Warsaw , and destined to cheek the country all around . Prom
a letter written on the banks of the vi-tula , in August last , wc take the following description of a visit paid bv tlie great bear to the student ? of Warsaw : — " One day the Emperor , perambulating the streets of Warsaw in his _ran-iage , fell in with two student * , who neglected to uncover their neads iu his presence . He immediately ordered his coachman to overtake them , and he himself _a-4 ud iLem if thev did not know who he was . One of ihem having answered , 'Ho , my General . ' Hcabruptly -reicrted , ' What , then , not know your Sovereign V This apostrophe struck the two young men with terror , while his Majesty added , ' Look at me well , that another time you may not forget the person of tout Emperor - ; but 1 shall take care , besides , to make nivself known to all the students . Next
morning all the schools received an order to appear before his Majesty , with due solemnity , their governors and professors at their head . The Emperor ¦ walked slowly through their ranks , inquiring of Marshal Paskewicz whether he was satisfied with the students of Warsaw . The marshal , always on his guard , and knowing well his master , cautiously replied _, ' that lie was not altogether quite satisfied . ' The Emperor then cast a frowning look over the poor B _ndents , and _fastened kiseye _uj-ou one of them , unfortunately a plain-looking youth , whom he pointed o : i to * his suite , saying , ' Mark , what mouth , what snout { _ro : a , mor ' _da , literally a vulgar and contemptuous expression , applicable to a pig)—I will j
-wager that he is a wretch capable of any crimes . ' The unhappy student : thus _dcacriijL-d hap | _-cned precisely to be remarkable for his g _* od _c-nuuet and proficiency ; and as the professor ventured to whisper the fact to the _counselor of state , Muekauow , who is at the head of pubiie instruction in Poland , Muchauow thought it his duty to repeat it to the Emperor , but his Majesty rebuked him in _noigei . _tle terms , and told him to hold his tongue , while he _hiiasea gave vent io his angry feeling ? , iu a lecture to the students , in lone and spirit wry similar to his _c-iebrated speech , bestowed en the municipality oi Warsaw . On this occasion he closed his paternal _adrionition to the > tudcins with the exhortation _tluit thev were henceforward to _Iwhave in sueh a manner
as to deserve tlie good opinion oi tne marsnai , as otherwise he would chseiheir school and distribute _thesSudenis without distinction among- his _diihd'filit regiments , where thev would be obliged to serve as _eonmion _soldiers and recruits . It is not difficult to imagine the consternation which this imperial speech has spread iu every Polish family . * To some the _abave statements may appear trivia-, to us they appear iranortant ; the brutal speech to tie poor _' inofieusive _' student sufficiently stamps Nicholas as an uncivilised rufli an ; but we have now to eaii the attention of our readers to horrors almost equalling those to which the nuns of St . Basilius were subjected , described in our paper ol last week .
The following most Important article is translate : ! _frsm a French monthly periodical , an organ of the -working * class , and exclusively written by working men . Tlie _fcc-fes therein stated have not hitherto ap p ? ared in any English journal . Y \ e are _ind-. bted for She translation to the emiuens _Ptdlsh patrioi abave alluded to : — _Evcrj day are we bearing from Poland an account of atrocities perpetrated by Xiciiolas against that uuhappv nation . Tills crowned monster is _Cuiitinuallv _jiuttinjj to _craih our unhappy brothers of the north . Tbe Poles , in " _^ 2 eyes of the tyrant , are _Jjuiliv of tiie twofold crime of _Ixasg Catholics and roles . He martvikes tlie Cailiolics because they refuse to _al-jure their faith , and to recognise _idai as their spiritual chief ; he j . uts to death the Poles bieacss they refuse to acknowledge him as their Mug , Bail so his career as an executioner never terminates .
Desirous , on onr part , that our readers should have seme idea of the bloodtLirstincss of the Czar— defirous , a « o , to make known the devotion of two of his Tictiros , We here give two instances of it , i » ot yet _published : — Oa the 4 th of August , 1 S 10 , Charles _Ltvitous was arrested on the _chaise of heing a conspirator , and _imprisoned in the _citadel of Warsaw . Alter having-, In rain , ibroae entire jvar , exhausted upon Levitoux , and npon thirty of his friends , who were accused with him , every physical and mend torture that the human brain could Q-Vise , his _frituds were liberated ; _Levltoax , alone sk ; - _pscied of being the head of the conspiracy , was detained prisoner . A new _president having been appointed
ro the committee charged with the prosecution ol t-ie accused , he was struck with tlie similarity ol the mode of their defence , and had ordered Levitoux ' s dan _^ _enii to be minutely examined , and they found traces of a complicity between tlie prisoners and a few of the eiti / . cn > of Warsaw . Lentous , who was in vain _intrrrojated . _received shrec hundred stripes of the-knout to compel him to denounce his accomplices . The next flay , his wounds stiil bleeding , the executioner repeated _Cia a _h-ociry , and also ihreauned even still more to _aggrayate and _increase his sufferings , when Lentous , not do _ibSngbje eaura-e nor his love for his _countr . - , but hit strength , _wlr . _eli he feared might fail him at the extreElt _niouitut , _rcsulvcd to die . The door of each KusEian * rt e u . _ust correct another error ; bv an unaccountable WUEt . e .-vc _5 jK , ! : e „ j- tlie 30 di of _i " ovciiil . er as tiie _anui-^ rt u _^? { , ' ] i ? 1 - _rwvtf _« jRi < m : the i 9 ih is the aruuvcr . W _^ , ilo ; _taeiivii .
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dnageonhas at the top a small shutter , through which , every moment , the sentinel can observe whatthe prisoner is doing ; and to _afid still more to the wretchedness of the unfortunate , there is a light burning all night ; so that even when reposing on bis straw pallet , the prisoner is made to feel that the eyes of a foe are constantly upon him . Levitoux having found means of lulling the vigilance ofthe sentinel , barricaded the door of bis dungeon , in order to delay those who might wish to open it , then placing his light beneath his pallet , he wrapped himself up in his coverlet , and , commending his soul to God , awaited for death . The flames being perceived by the soldiers they burst open the door , and found Levitoux burning , yet st'dl alive ; they th « u renewed their threats , _« hen the martyr , transported by a holy zeal , tore open his throat * , and expired . Thus his soul alone carried to heaven with it his secret .
The second instance of martyrdom is no less remark _, able than the former . The abbot , Scigenny , whose worth and noble patriotism are the universal theme iu Kit ' ce , was arrested , together with a very great number of his countrymen , about the end of tlie year 1814 . He was accused of having been preparing an insurrection against the Kusstaus . Having already undergone the horrid puhishinemtof the knout , one evening the committee of inquiry , interrogating him about the names of hia accomplices , _thrcitoticd him with the most terrible tortures . The good priest stretched forth his hand over the flame
of the lamp , and allowing it to burn , calmly said , "You may martyrize me ; my life is in your hands , but my soul is with my God , and with Poland . Do what you may , no human power shall induce me to perpetrate an act of peril ly . " Whilst they were attempting to drag him from _tntlainp , he seized hold of it , and drank the boiling oil . In afew minutes lie _exjiired , defying his persecutors , and thus achieved that immortal glory , reserved only for those who sacrifice their lives in vindication of their faith , aud of their devotcdness to the interests of humanity .
In its number ofthe 23 rd of September , the journal L'Uiiivers , gives an account of the martyrdom of fortyseven Polish Catholic nuns , who suftered the most horrible tortures rather than renounce their faith to adopt the religion of the tyrant of their couutry . We will not again allude to so melancholy a recital , as it is alreadyknown to our readers . VCTuiccrs accuses the French press of being , by its silence , the accomplice of Nicholas . We are anxious to prove that this accusation cannot he applied to the journals of the revolutionary party . Our party never covenanted with tlie infamous _Nicholas . There Is not a single radical who would not cheerfully sacrifice his life , so that the deserved punishment of God might speedily fall upon him who is by all good men called the execrable tvrant of the north .
And it is not us , above all , that they can accuse of holding our tongues through a miserable interest of antireligious or anti-national policy . _iJecoZutioiiiste . ' we will do all iu our power to assist at crushing the tyrant of Poland under the chastisement of his crimes . _Cictftoltcs . ' u-e would wish to deliver to divine justice the schismatical Pope , who , by his abominable cruelties , and his unheard of persecutions , has SUuk into oblivion the names of tlie tyrants Nero and Diocletian . Oh , that it were iu empower to aid our Polish brothers , tlie world would then see how great is our detestation of the monsters who _persecute thein . But how is it that the soit _disant religious journal reproaches revolutionary Prance ! Was it not iu the reign of Louis XV ., of shameful memory , that Poland
was torn in rags ? He could hare saved her ; she invoked him , but he shamefully _sacrificed her to the infamous debauchees of his royal seraglio . Trance , on the cautrary _, whan she was delivered from the Bourbons , has always extended a helping hand to Poland . On aU the _battlerieliis of Europe , the blood of Poles was intermingled with that of ours ; and the white tagle had never a more faithful ally than the old drapeau of republican France . Was it us who , in ihe year 1850 , sold ; Poland to obtain the _jrood graces of tlie Emperor of Russia ! Was it us who said , " Order reigns in Warsaw ? " It , then , France has not defended her old ally , itis because she herself was no longer free , that she also had been sold to conciliate the Eutopeau monarchies .
Whatever the Uiiircrj may say , we aregratcfultothe Chamber of Deputies for tlieir annual declaration that Poland depends upon us , and the noble refugees of that immortal nation applaud withusthis remembrance , whicli causes more than one forehead to blush _. It was not the people who flattered our artists , when they were about to prostitute their renown to the caprices oi" the hangman whose throne is at St . Petersburg . If we were In the place of our deputies , not onl y would we protest against the oppression of Poland , but we would refuse all credit to tlie government to entertain ambassadors and agents in Russia . It is a shame for France to be represented at that nation of slaves and executioners , and we sicken at hearing of a Kussian ambassador being at Paris .
The Utiivcrs is right when it says , that formerly the accounts of so many cruelties would have excited the horror of all Christians , and that no sovereign would have dared to commit them . It was so , because die treason of ihe name and faith ef Christ teas not _sitting on the throne Of St . Peter . It is because we are truly Catholic that we accuse the hhjh clergy , and above all the Pope , of unworthy weakness towards the tyrant of the north . Now , how is it , that in the sight ofthe horrible persecution which for so many years has decimated a Caiholic population , more jealous of preserving its faith than its life ; how is it , that the Catholic elergy remain silent ? It is _uat to obey temporal power , for , in these days the cross is raised against tlie sceptre for much less important causes . If our priests were still solicitous about the Catholic faith , pubiie prayers would be said in behalf of our brothers , the Catholic martyrs , in all our churches ; no priest would
ascend the pulpit without recalling them to our memory ; tlie voice of the gathering friar would be heard soliciting alms , and he would exert himself in favour of his brethren by giving them the material means of rescuing themselves from the bonds of slavery and death . It the bishops had not bartered the humble habit of tlie apostles of Christ for vestments of gold and silk , would they not put thoniselvcsat the head of a new crusade—would they not make , by their mandatory letters , a declaration of holy war ? and the spiritual head of the church , is he then materialised to that point , that he should have totally forgotten the energies of his predecessors ? Is there not remaining 2 . single line of the acts of Gregory VII ! Is then all remtinhrance of the Popes , who caused the preaching of the crusade , lost for ever ? The Saracens , who ruled over the sacred earth , did not perpetrate more cruelties , ncr more pi-rsccutions against the Christians , than _Nicholas has , and , notwithstanding thai , Nicholas is the ally of the Pope .
Can a mme monstrous alliance be imagined ? What ! the Pope , the ally of the head of the _Russian schismatics ? What : is the successor of St . Peter almost the bosom fri--nd of the executioner of the Catholics ? Verily a strange spectacle ! If the nations lose their faith in itome _, it is because Gome has abandoned itself to the enemies of the faith ! The cause of this unworthy abandonment by the Catholic clergy aud their bead , is , that the head is himself also the tyrant of a _ponion ofthe Catholic family . . All the tyrannies , all tlie oppresssions , are bound amongst them in _solido : the decrepit old man , who reigns in the Vatican , wants the strong arm of the _Petersbm-gh despot
for his own maintenance . More solicitous about his temporal power than of his Christian functions , he turned king . As king , as an unfit and bad king , he oppresses thyse whom he calls his subjects ; he compresses their insurrections against his tyranny only by his hangmen and gendarmes ; bciug accustomed to see human blood shed around him , how can he feel when a tyrant is about to shed it afar elf S Therefore , good understandings betiYCv _-n the Pope and the Czar are officially and regularly canicd on , and it is not impossible , tbat tlie day may arrive , when the Roman Pontiif will be surrounded by Ilus-iau soldiers for the express purpose of annihilating , in Iiaiv , _everr Christian idea of liberty .
Like ourselves , the _l / aicers is devoted to France , ind , like ourselves , does not hesitate to accuse our French riders of treachery to Poland , Seeing that the L uie « r £ , like ourselves , professes itself to be Catholic , why does it not unite with us to challenge those who rule over the Catholic community to do their duty ? Why does it not _jai ;; its voiee with ours , to denounce the treachery of the Cbris-. i-. in name occupying the Catholic pulpits % We are weil aware that itis but teo easy to complain of our press , whicli has basely abandoned the cause of _Pvlsr . d : —we ar- but too well aware , that people mayeven _iiave _courage enough to denounce the temporal power which sacrifices to its own convenience the vitality < _jf a nation devoled to France ; but itis , _uuijutstionably , a far more courageous act to _mai . _fully break off with the priestly oligarchy , whicli basely abandons its faith to temporal domination .
France , which , like ourselves , is revolutionary and Catholic , is animated by the same idea , and when s " ie is freed from the obstacles which at present oppose her progress , like ourselves will cheerfully oiler the hand of brotherhood both to Poland and to Italy . She possesses _sufiicknt generous blood in her veins to te able to shed it as well at Konie as at Warsaw . Then wc shall see that infamous crew of slaves and executioners , who now carry into effect the atrocious oiucxs of _Nicholas , expelled into their native _deserti ; thin we shall also see the Unmoral power of the Popts broken to pieces ; and tlie successor of St . Peter , freed from the care of maintaining his tyranny , will then exclusively become tlie spiritual and devoled head of Christians , and will once more imprcss ) the world with the idea of the ancient glory of the Pope , which was to be tiie servant of the servants of God . —L ' Attalier for October , _liMJ . ( To be continued . )
Exteksive Robbery Of Railway Shares. —On...
Exteksive Robbery of Railway Shares . —On Tuesday information was received by the police that between ten and eleven o ' clock on the night of Saturday lsst , as Mr . Itichard Avery , of So . 5 , Penlonplace _, Walworth , was crossing * the road from the Alfred Head to the Elephant and Castle , his coat pocket was picked of _CS-5 railway and other shares . The robbery was supposed to have been committed by I wo women of mean appearance who walked behind Mr . Avery as he crossed . An English watchmaker , named Symington . _^ has taken out a patent for a clock , the motive power ' ol which Is tlie dropping of water . It requires no winding up , and but little attention , and is said to be a very successful experiment . The Best Piusiciaxs are Dr , Diet , Pr , Quiet , and Dr . Merryinan ,
Appalling Shipwreck. Grbat Loss Of Life,...
APPALLING SHIPWRECK . GRBAT LOSS OF LIFE , AND FRIGHTFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS—LOSS OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP MARY OF LONDON — SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE OWNERS . The melancholy details of the appalling shipwreck of the Mary , an emigrant ship of London , while on the homeward voyage from Sydney , and the dreadful fate of nearly all the female _piussengers , have been received by the arrival of thePcuvard Park packet ship , on Sunday last , in the London bocks . The Mary , which was built at Ipawich iu the ' year 1811 , has for some years been engaged in the conveyance of _passenpers and emigrants between London and New South Wales , and was the property of several persons . She was barque-rigged , and measuredMi tons . On her departure from Sydney , in addition to her crew , she had on board forty-three passengers . She was also freighted with a valuable cargo , comprising wool , tallow , oil , and other merchandise , with a case of bullion .
ihe loss took place six days after _leavicg Sydney , on a sunken rock off Fliiider ' s Island , in " Bass ' s Straits , between 300 and 400 miles from Sydney . So sudden was the catastrophe , which happened in the middle of the night , that seven minutes only elapsed from the period of her striking and breaking up , and lam * ntable to state that seventeen women and children met a watery grave . The chief-mate had the watch at the time , and at about eleven o ' clock he called Captain Newby up , saying he thought land was near . The captain , however , was unable to perceive it , and shortly afterwards saw broken water on the lec-bcam . There was no wind to make the ship answer her helm , she refused stays , and drove broadside on the rocks .
The survivors will more fully explain the circumstances attending the wreck . Captain Collins , of the lotn Light Dragoons , gives the following account : —The Mary sailed from the heads of Port Jackson on Monday morning , the 19 th of May , and the wind being unfavourable for New Zealand , Captain Newby coasted to the south , and attempted the passage through Bass ' s Straits . After doubling Wilson Promontory , the wind veered to the west , and the captain fearing that at that advanced season of the year the wind would continue for a length of time to the westward , resigned all hope of going home by the Gape of Good Hope , and , putting about ship , made for New Zealand . He expressed regret at the disappointment he had met with , as from the leaky state of the ship , which made six
inches of water per hour , he wished to keep near the land as long as he possibly could , the rigging being also defective , and not having a second suit of sails on board . At about a quarter past eleven o ' clock , on Saturday night , the 2 Alh , the alarm of the ship being in danger was given by Captain Newby to the cabin passengers , who were all in bed , and he desired them to dress and hasten upon deck . The cabin passengers were : —Mrs . Newby , her three daughters , and servant ; Mrs . _Turnbull ; Mrs . Collins , four daughters aud one son at the breast , two maid servants , and myself . We had scarcely left our berths when the _aliip struck upon the reef , and the crushing noise ol the timbers was distinctly heard above the roar ol the breakers , and in less than three minutes the water rushed violently into the cabin , as high as our
knees , when she struck a second time . The main mast then sunk through the bottom ofthe ship , its maintop and topmasts being supported by the main deck . The same shock that caused such devastation , forced the cabin door , which opened and shut in a slide , to to close nearly on ns , the ship at the time being so much on the starboard side , that it was doubtful whether she would not capsise . Fortunately 1 perceived the door closing in sufficient time to introduce my hand into the open space so as to push back the door , and with the utmost difficulty 1 succeeded in getting upon deck all the passengers . This was scarcely effected when the bottom of tiic ship separated from the sides , carrying away the lower cabin deck , which wehad justleft , the tons of oil and cargo dashing _against the reef j and the breakers washing over us with
fearful violence . The only boats that were available , where the _wliale-boaton the larboard quarter , and the long-boat on the main deck . Some of the passengers were put into these boats ; and I had just placed Mrs . Collins in tlie long-boat when I heard Sarah _callinj _, for me to take the boy from her , as she was unable to hold him any longer . I , with great difficulty reached her , and put a rope into her hand , which I desired her to hold by until I had put the child into the boat , when I would return for her and my two girls-Augusta and Kate . 1 had scarcely left her when a breaker broke over the deck , carrying me , with great force , against a water-but . 1 eii ' ccteil my way to the long-boat , and while I wa g giving the child to its mother the maintopmnst fell on board crushing the whale boat , wliich was lying upon the skids alongside
of it , and immediately after tlie fore and _niizcnninsts , ' with all their sails set , also fell overboard on the starboard side ; on which the deck righted , but the rigging of these masts all lying across the deck , intercepted the communication fore and aft . I was searching for my two daughters , Augusta and Kate , aud the maid Sarah , when I saw the captain , who informed me that he had just put them with his family a moment before in the whale boat on the larboard quarter , where they were all safe , that the deck was about breaking up , and if I valued my life I would follow him . lie wished to have returned to the whale boat , but the deck beginning to separate , he made immediately for the long ; boat , which we contrived to reach . At this critical moment , when all hope of preserving life had nearly abandoned
us , the deck suddenly parted between the main and foremasts , and the long boat suddenly pitched stern foremast into the sea , and notwithstanding the quantity of water and people in her she quickly righted . We found the water gaining on us , and then discovered that both the plugs were out , on which one ot the men tore the sleeve off his shirt , and by its aid partly succeeded in stopping the water . With the aid of boots , shoes , and hats , we continued to keep the boat afloat , but having only one oar , we had the greatest difficulty in avoiding the numerous casks and broken wreck * wliich threatened us on every side . From the time the ship struck until the deck " broke up , only seven minutes had elapsed . While we were surrounded by the floating pieces of the wreck , a huee wave dashed a cask of tallow over my head
against the inside ol the staruoard side , near the stern , and carried away eighteen inches of tho guuwale aud upper streaks ; a tun of oil followed the course of the cask of tallow , striking off my hat iu its passage , but tho cask of tallow having already made a breach in the side of the boat , it met with no resistance , and passed into the sea , deluging the boat with oil . One of the sailors , named Todd , swam to the boat from the wreck with an oar , and we then got into smooth water . The sea outside the reef , as well as the wind , being nearly calm , we heard the voices of some sailors , whicli we supposed to be the men in the whale boat , and we steered in the direction the sound came from . On nearing these men , they stated that the whale boat had foundered , and that Mrs . Newby was the
only person saved . Ilcr escape was effected by her catching a rope alongside the broken deck in the water , when one of the men hauled her on deck . The p iece of the ship that was ail-at was the quarterdeck , on which we found twelve men and Mrs . Newby . We obtained six oars more , and two tubs ; the men also found a cask of brandy , and asked whether they should drop It into the boat , but the sailors , noble fellows , were unanimous in rejecting the brand y , from a sense of the evils it might cause . Nothing could surpass the undaunted seJi-posscssien which characterized the conduct of the captain and crew throughout this most fearful night , and the men we rescued from the wreck waited there in tlie most collected and steady manner until each was called byname when lie dropped quietly into tlie part of tlie
boat assigned him . The ladies and children were sitting np to tlieir waists in water and oil , and the boat was stove in three places . The large breach made by the tallow-cask the carpenter had tried partially to repair with his coat , and some tallow he found in the boat and the broken pieces which he picked up . In this wretched state , the water gaining on us whenever the least interruption took place in baling the boat , wc continued for nine _lunu-sana- ! ialf , and at half-past eight o clock on Sunday _morninywe landed on the island , about eighteen miles distant from the reef struck by the shi p . On reaching the shore , those who were piously disposed returned their grateful and unfeigned thanks to the Almighty for the miraculous interposition He had been pleased to manifest in so signally preserving us
from the numeions dangers that had threatened us . The day was mild and warm , and we commenced arrangements for our future conduct . We found a small spring of water on the bench , and determined to build a small bower to shelter us . Tlie only tool we possessed was the carpenter ' s axe , the edge of which had been broken in endeavouring to cut away the masts , < fcc _,, of the ship . Some of tho party went for shellfish along tiie beach , but only succeeded in picking up a few limpets , which were divided in equal proportions with a small piece of pumltin to each person . On reckoning the number landed , wc found that forty-two persons had been saved , and seventeen drowned . On the afternoon of Sunday Captain Newby , with five of the crow , left us in search of the settlement , as wc knew government had a station on Binder ' s Island , but we were uncertain that the
island we were on was the same . The only food the party took with thorn was one slice of pumpkin each . All Monday passed over , tlie ladies and children began to sink , despair was expressed bv many , and fervent were our prayers to God for aid " . _Never did the words of the Lord ' s Prayer appear to me so impressive as they then did— " Give us this day our daily bread . " Bereaved of two of my children , and those saved hourl y sinkimr before me , calling repeated ly lor broad and nourishment wliich 1 was unable to give them ; my wife , endeavouring to nurse her infant boy , herself famished ; and , tortured with excessive thirst , almost naked , and exposed to incessant rain , Which fell all Tuesday , and continued during the night . On tlie morning of Tuesdav , the third day , my eldest surviving daughter , near seven vears old , showed great symptoms of debility , and deatli seemed stamped in lior countenance . I had succeeded in collecting some limpets , and
Appalling Shipwreck. Grbat Loss Of Life,...
was entwing the bower , when I heard a cheer , aiw ra _> few mintttes a strange man arid boy , _wioh a haversack , made their appearance _.. Tho man ™ _¥ ? brought supplies of food and clothing , and ? i a - _^ ' _^ _Kin would send move in the course of the day . Two of the men who had accompanied the captam now made their appearance ; an abundant supply of bread and course mutton was spread out be . ore our famished eyes . The distance from the settlement was twenty-five miles , and the road impracticable to delicate females and children . The wind was unfortunately adverse , and we determined to awut the return ofthe captain , whoarrived in the middle ot the night . The next mornin ? , the wind being still against us , tho captain sent off the crew and pissengers capable of travelling by land to the settlement . The rain continued to descend in
torrents , and the wind remaining unfavourable and strong , the communication with the settlement , both by land and water , became impossible for two daysonly the females and children receiving an allowance of food . On Saturday the weather became more moderate , the rain ceased , and we received a fresh supply of provisions . On the following morning , the wind being favourable , we , on the eighth day from our landing , got into a lonn boat and proceed & d by water towards the settlement , and reached it about halt-past ten o ' clock that night . Captain Collins concludes bv statin ? that it is
CVKleiit from the manner in which the bottom separated from the sides that the Mary would have foundered m tho first gale of wind , at all events she could not be reasonably expected to double Cape Horn . Ihe very circumstance of the main-mask sinking and striking through the bottom proved the reasonableness of the assertion . A sound ship might have forced a head and got into clear , water . I am satisfied , that from the facts elicited , an inquiry is inevitable , and trust that some measures may be taken , at least in the port of Sydney , to prevent the lives and property of British subjects being jeopardized in rotten or Oroken-backed ships .
In confirmation of Captain Collier ' s statement , the carpenter , John Stansbury , observes that before the Mary started , he found she made fourteen inches of water m twelve hours ; but on her getting to sea he did not think that she would make more . When she got to sea however , he found that it increased , and remembered some of the steerage passengers expressing alarm at the pumps being so very often at work . There was no log line , log glasses , deep sea lead , or bell to strike the hours on board , like other ships . When she struck she immediately parted amidships , the mainmast went down through her bottom , and the fore and mizen masts followed . The owners of the Mary in the most positive terms refuted the declarations ofthe ship ' s unseaworthiness .
and in proof produced the certificate of her soundness , as given b y Mr . Ashmorc , surveyor for Lloyd ' s . By that document it appears that she had undergone necessary repairs a month or two previous to her departure , and that she was fit to receive and carry a general cargo with safety . The first and second mate also __ certified that the ship was stout and strong , and perfectly capable of making the voyage to England , luid she been kept clear of the rocks " . They also declare that she was furnished witha new and second suit of sails , and everything necessary to secure her safety . As lias been mentioned in Captain Collins ' s narrative , the survivors endured the greatest suffering ere
they were rescued . After being on Flinder ' s island for eight days they obtained conveyance to Launceston , where the news of the wreck had created the deepest sensation . Tiie passengers , emigrants , and crew having lost all they possessed , several gentlemen formed themselves into a committee , and in a few days succeeded in raising a sum of money for their temporary aid . Most of them are completely ruined by the calamity . Those who p _' erished were Mrs . Heather and two daughters , Mrs . Grey , Mrs . Thurnbull _, Sarah Folkes , the whole family of Mrs . Evans—six in number ; the three daughters of the commander , Captain Newby , and the Misses Augusta and Katharine , daughters of Captain Collins . . The ship and cargo were a total loss ; valued between £ 20 , 000 and £ 00 , 000 .
Tiie Attack On The Pirates Of Borneo. Th...
TIIE ATTACK ON THE PIRATES OF BORNEO . The following is an extract from a private letter received from owe of the officers engaged in the late affrays with the pirates ifcc , at Borneo , and contains a more graphic account of the atiair than has yet been published : — "Thefleet , under the command of Sir Thomas Cochrane , comprising the Aglncourt , _fa , Vestal , 20 , Dcctlalus , 20 , Wolverine , 10 , the Vixen steam-sloop , and the lion . Company ' s steamers the Nemesis and Pluto , started fur ' Bornco , from Singapore , in July last , touching at Serawak , and thence sailed for Borneo , where the Sultan , who nominally possesses the country , lives . This place being situate up a river , the ships could not get up on account of their great draught of water , consequently the only vessels that could go up were the three steamers
VixenNe-, mesis , and Pluto , with the Admiral and all the captains , and about 200 marines on board . The marines werosent as a guard of honour , but , in the end , proved rather valuable coadjutors . They were received very civilly by tho Sultan , who appeared delighted to sec them ; not so , however , a brother of his , and who is a sort of pretender to the throne . He sent a message to the Sultan , " that if he ( the Sultan ) did not send the foreigners away he should most certainly come down , take the vessels , and cut till their ( the English ) throats . " This threat much alarmed the Sultan , who , immediately went to the Admiral ( Sir T . Cochrane ) to request lie would depart if he had any regard for his life . The Admiral , however , not being a man to be frightened at trifles , laughed at him , much to the perfect astonishment of
the Sultan , who concluded ins _' tantcr that the English were all mad . The Admiral then sent a message to the Sultan s brother , to say that his object in coming there was peace and not war , but that he was . quite as well prepared for one as the other , and advised him , at the same time , to keep a civil tongue in his head . This he would not listen to ; but the next morning he came down , with a number of men , to the two forts , near the position ofthe three steamers , and opened fire upon them , which wc ( the English ) lost no time in returning , and , in almost as short a time as 1 am telling you , the forts were demolished by shells , the marines landed , and the man that would fight , with the miserable rabble that composed his army , ran off to the hills as fast as his legs would carry them . The guns ( brass , and very
valuable ) were all taken and given to the Sultan , together with everything of value that could be found , and then his ( the Sultan ' s ) rival ' s place was set on fire and burnt to the ground . The Sultan appeared much pleased at this , and concluded upon the spot a treaty of alliance , & c , with the English . Our loss was only one man killed and two or three wounded ; that of the enemy is supposed to have been very great . Two prisoners , or rather men who had been prisoners to a set of pirates , and had made their escape , were found here , and , from their information , the Admiral decided upon proceeding with the squadron to the place po i nted out by them , at the north end ofthe island ( Borneo ) , to exterminate the pirates , aud teach them a lesson as to English punishment for piracy . We arrived there Oil the 17 th of
August last . It was an immense bay , at the head of which was a large river divided at its mouth into several branches , up one of which the pirate colony was situate . To all appearance no one would suppose that any human being was ever created there , for as far as the eye could reach there was one mass of impenetrable jungle ; nevertheless , in its recesses were concealed a horde of the most sanguinary ruffians , whoso greatest pride and glory is the murder of an European . This place , then , it was resolved to destroy , and , to effect a consummation so devoutly to _ba wished for , an expedition , consisting of three steamers and about 700 men , was dispatched under the command of Captain Talbut , of the Vestal . On reaching the mouth of the branch of the river it was found to be too shallow to allow the
passage ot the steamers , so , as a dernier resort , we were obliged to take to the boats , with about 350 seamen and 200 marines , and sec what we could do with them . This was on the 18 th of August last , about three p . m ., and , as darkness soon Ret in , it was deemed advisable to anchor and wait for daylight , knowing the treacherous disposition of the Malays , or pirates , and the disadvantage we should be under did we attack them at night , from their superior knowledge of the country . Iu the morning we all roused up , and , about seven a . m . on the 19 th of August last , started up one of the most beautiful rivers I ever saw . There were a great number oi monkeys , birds , and alligators , but no Malays . After proceeding about ten miles up , two boats pulled a-head to reconnoitre , and , after pulling for about
three miles , on rounding an abrupt point we came in full sight of the pirates' position , which consisted ot two batteries of eight very heavy guns on each side of tho river , in addition to several large brass wall pieces , and othor weapons calculated to do a great deal of mischief . On coming in sight a tremendous row immediately ensued , calling the garrison to armg , and in two minutes . the batteries were swarming with men , armed « la sauvage , with shield and spear . About 200 yards below the batteries was an immense boom across the river for the purpose of preventing vc-sols from approaching the town . Having observed all that was necessary , we pulled back to the other boats , and having made arrangements for proceeding , the plan was this ;—The
smaller boats were to advance and cut away the boom , and the large boats ( of which there were ten ) , v . ith carronades on board , were to cover them by their fire during the operation . This being arranged , off we _stai-lecf . Directl y wc were seen again a Hag of truce was sent out to us , ' and after a great deal of palaver to no _purpose , returned to the batteries . In about live minutes it was a _^ ain sent , but with no better success ; and it Lad scarcel y got back when the enemy opened hie from the three gun batteries , and the action then became general on both sides . The boom was the _LM-cat obstacle , occupying fifty-five minutes in cutting it away ; tllO Whole Of which time we were under a most galling fire , which killed ten and wounded
Tiie Attack On The Pirates Of Borneo. Th...
( some of them severely ) fifteen . But amply were they revenged . " No quarter was given or asked . Every Malay seen was hunted down and shot . We then landed , and in a short time destroyed all the stores , burnt every house down in the place , spiked and destroyed all the guns , and made in the brief space of time—viz ., of two hours—what was a flourishin ? town in the morning a perfect desert . The loss ofthe enemy was very great . "
Suicide By Poison. On Monday, Mr. Wakley...
SUICIDE BY POISON . On Monday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Victoria , Chalton-strcct , Somer ' s-town , upon the body of Miss Mary Anne Hunter , aged 19 , the daughter of Mr . Hunter , printer and publisher , in thesaid street . Mrs . Mary Hunter examined : I am the mother of deceased . Last Sunday morning week my daughter was seized with a violent retching , which continued so long that I suspected that she had taken some deleterious stuff . I examined her clothes , and in the pocket of her gown detected a packet of yellow
arsenic , when 1 said to her , " Mary Anne , have you taken poison ? " she replied , " Yes , mother , I am tired of life , and took poison . " I ( witness ) went to Dr . Delany ' s , who at first denied but afterwards acknowledged that he had sold her a pennyworth of arsenic , and gave me a white powder which 1 was to dilute in _half-a-pint of water , and administer to her every ten minutes . I did so , but she got worse , Dr . Delany being present , the coroner asked him what could have induced him to sell arsenic , one of the deadliest poisons , to the young girl ?—Dr . Delany : lknew the girl , who told me that she required it to kill rats .
Coroner : Well , and when you understood that she took the poison , how can you account for your conduct in not having the stomach pump applied ?—Dr . Delany : I sent proper medicines to counteract the effects ofthe poison . Coroner : You might as well have spat upon the poor creature . The carbanate of magnesia only diluted the poison . It did not remain upon the stomach , and therefore could not have acted effectively upon the stomach or poison . Dr . Delany : I deemed it a trivial case . Coroner : What ! To take arsenic- a trivial case . Dr . Delany : Yes , sir ; her mother told me that she had thrown the arsenic into the fire , and therefore I deemed it trivial .
Mrs . Hunter : How could I have told you so when I showed you the remains of the arsenic in paper ? Mrs . Hunter ' s examination resumed : At night I sent for Mr . Roper , surgeon , of Ossulston-street , who attended her until her death , which took place last Saturday morning . She had been ill for three years , and for tbe last three months insane . She complained of her head , and could not sleep at night . Her memory so failed her that she could not keep her father's accounts , and she appeared melancholy and miserable . Oh 1 sir , she was a good child . il my finger ached , her heart ached . Coroner : Nothing can be conceived move horrible than to sell so deadly a poison as yellow arsenic to a person so diseased in mind . To sell poison to a
rational person is bad enough , but to sell it to an insane persou is unpardonable . It is putting in such a person ' s hands , the instrument of death , which she may turn against herself or others . The family had a most fortunate escape . Several jurors : Indeed they have had . It is fortunate she did not poison them . Mr . Gilio Lymond Roper , surgeon , deposed that he was summoned to attend deceased on Sunday night week . She was then very sick , suffering intense pain , and retching . She told him that she had bought the poison on Friday and took it . Too much
timo had elapsed since she took the poison for the stomach-pump to be serviceable . He applied every possible remedy , but she continued to get so bud , that lie called in Dr ! Marshall Hall . Her case was hopeless , and she sunk gradually until Saturday , when she died . She wassensible , and suffered intensely to the last moment . Upon _upott mortem examination , he found visible traces ofthe action ot * arsenic upon the stomach , which caused her death . Coroner ( to Dr . Delany ) : I sincerely trust this will be a caution to you in future . Dr . Delany : Indeed itwill ; I will never again get in such a predicament .
The jury having severely censured the practice of medical men and druggists selling poisons indiscriminately or without caution , returned a verdict of —Temporary Insanity .
Singular Charge Of Polygamy. At Liverpoo...
SINGULAR CHARGE OF POLYGAMY . At Liverpool Police Court , on Saturday , a young woman of handsome cast of countenance and flippant tongue , who gave her name Margaret Daly , was brought before Mr . Rushton on a charge of having married four husbands , till of whom are said to be living . The first and second husbands appeared in _coiti-c , and eyed each other closely from the scats in front of the witness box . The third and fourth husbands were nowhere . The novelty of the case excited great interest , and occasionally , considerable merriment . The prisoner did not seem iu the slightest decree abashed .
Thomas Conlan , an elderly Irishman ., was the first witness . He deposed that he was the prisoner ' s father , and that he was at present living in Salthouse-lane . " I was present , " said he , " at the marriage of the prisoner , Kitty , to a man of the name of Murray ; but Murray , yer honour , was married at the time to another woman , and none of our family , the family of the Conlans , were aware of it . Kitty and he were married in Dublin , in ihe month of Sodtembcr , 1 S 3 S . " Mr . Rushton : Do you recollect where the ceremony took place . Witness : Well , it was in a church , yer honour , but I ' m hanged if I recollect the name of it [ laughter ] .
Prisoner : It was in St . Michael ' s Church , father the parish church . Witness : you are quite right , Kitty , so it was . Murray and herself lived together ibr a short time in Liverpool after tho marriage ; and then he sent for the wife he married eleven years ago , and then , begar , he had the two wives with him in the house [ loud laughter ] . Him and them went away , and when they came back to Liverpool again he banished Kitty from him . He banished her last Easter Sunday , of all days in the year ; and then begar , he tool * another old woman to live with him [ continued laughter ] . Mr . Rushton : What ! another ? Prisoner : Another ; and the old woman has since poisoned herself . Witness : Yes , she poisoned herself a fortnight ago .
Mr . Rushton ; If Murray was married to another woman at the time he married the prisoner , hestands in an awkward position . But is it not said that the prisoner married a third and fourth husband ? Officer Bates : It is ; but 1 have witnesses only to the first and second marriages in court . She first married Murray , then Daly , then a man of the name of Brain , and fourthly somebody else . Murray , the first husband , here stepped forward , and denied that he was ever married to any other woman except the prisoner . An elderly female had indeed kept house for him twelve or fourteen years , during the time that ho was a bachelor , and , after lie married the prisoner , he sent for the female in question to come to him again . In consequence of the prisoner and her father having both robbed him
Prisoner ; Oh , Murray , Murray ! you ought to be ashamed of yourself to say such a thing . Murray [ in continuation ); Iu consequence of this he was obliged to leave them , and after an absence from Liverpool for three years , he was compelled to allow the prisoner so much a week to live upon _, 'ihe talk about the second marriage was all -hearsay . He was certainly obliged to keep a woman to conduct his business , but he was never married to her . Daly , the second husband , here said , that at the time he married the prisoner she showed him a letter from Hull , stating that Murray , her first betrothed , was dead ,- and she went in black for him . Alice Riley proved that she was present at the marriage of the prisoner and Daly . It took place two years ago last October , at the Registrar ' s office , in Islington . Daly : After she left-me , she went to live with another man , of the name of Lawton U ° ud laughter ] .
Prisoner : 1 never lived with any man but yourself aud Murray , and a pretty pair of fellows I had in you , God knows [ great laughter ] . As for you , Daly , I never wished lo marry you . I never liked you from the first , but you were after me morning , noon , and night , until I consented at last ; but you knew as well as I did , at the time , that I was married to Murray , for I told you so , and you had months to consider whether you would have me or not . You have b . en three times before Mr . Rushton for drunkenness , and once for beating the servant . Murray has had three women living with him , and one of them had him up here for having a child . Oh , it ' s a pretty pair of fellows I got amongst , God knows [ loud laughter ] . Mr . Rushton : The girl has been made a victim among you . That she has been married twice is beyond a doubt , bu <* you , Daly , were perfectly well acquainted with the state of the case when she married vou .
Daly : Will you keep her from me ? I know not what I shall do " in the town if she is let loose , Mr . Rushton : It is one ofthe consequences of your vices . You had belter take _cai-c Murray , what you arc about . Murray : I know well what I am about sir ; she is my only wife . The prisoner was then discharged .
The Booty Taken In Scmile By The Troops ...
The booty taken in Scmile by the troops unuci the command of Major-General Sir Charles Napier , in 1 _S-KJ , amounting to half a million sterling , is to be divided amongst the captors . The stamp duty paid into the Bank of England on account oi the bullion and treasure amounted to upwards ol £ 21 , 000 ,
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Wiivr Mi I-Vfc Have Written Upon Paper M...
Wiivr mi i-Vfc have written upon paper man _iictured from iron , and seen a book ir « > Mh leaves _amending of the same material . — _Vtnwg Journal . Ax Example _mb iiib Whiib _Smtm op _Esowm _ AtDe . nerara , Berbiee , and _Esssquibo , the blacks are forming "Joint Stock Campanies ; , " and _booming the proprietors of the very soil they once cultivated as slaves . Castor Oil . ' —It is important to all _^ _aILfeH | know that castor oil may be most easily _gieBa mingled with orange juice—a little sugar being _zqiW to the juice , if the _oramje be not ripe and sweet . The difference between this and any ; other mode OI taking this valuable medicine is surprising . The _GosroRi _Fokiu-icatioss . —Workmen are employed upon the Gosport fortifications , putting them in a state for efficient defend .
Tun _Birih Place of Sir Walter Scott , in College Wynd , Edinburgh , is now a public house . _ELEcrno-MACNBTisM , —A Mr . Richard Whig has invented a mode of applying electro-magnetism to the taking of soundings , by which it is asserted that the great difficulty of ascertaining depths by sounding lead in dcop water , and in strong currents , will be obviated . No Admission for Jesus Curist !—Chas . Goddard , D . _£ » ., Sub-dean of Lincoln Cathedral , has directed the oliicers not to admit to the stalls or pews any person who has not" the character of a gentleman . " More Honoured in the Observance than in tue Bueacii!—Iu the days of William III , the House of Commons was accustomed to sit at nine o ' clock in the morning .
Encroachments op the Sea . —The sea on the coast of Kent is making continual encroachments on the beach . To the farm house called Hampton hill , which lately disappeared , is to be added tho destruction and disappearance of the field containing the old footway , in the district of Studhill _, at Swaleolift'e . The largest newspaper ever seen was the London Gazette of Tuesday Nov . 18 th , wliich consisted of not loss than seventy-three sheets ef paper , each sheet bearing tho usual penny stamp ! Yt ' orthy of _Imitation .-- £ 700 and upwards have been subscribed at Cheltenham for the purpose oi affording refuge for destitute females . The Cheltenham Journal says the carrying out of this benevolent scheme is thus a matter of certainty .
The Mii . iTiA .--It is said that the Government has ordered _clothing for 40 , 000 militiamen ; and in the metropolis , in circles likely to be well informed , it is admitted that tho militia papers have been in readiucss some time , aud that the embodiment of a strong corps of militiamen only awaits the sanction of the Queen and Parliament . — Bath Journal . Birmingham Metal Markbt . —Tho Birmingham metal market has been tolerably brisk during the iast week or two . Block tin has _adranccd in price fully £ 10 per ton within the current month , and , from the continued scarcity , a further rise may be expected . Copper remains firm with a fair demand . Tin plates are very dull , and are quoted at 33 s . to 3 _Cs . per box for I . C .
_DuAin - from the Bite of a _Stider . —An American paper records a _eireunistauce of a woman dying , after fourteen days' illness , from the bite of a spider on tho lip . The Potatoe _Cnor . —More than one cargo of potatoes , imported into the Tyne , have been sent out to sea again , within these few days , to be thrown overboard as rubbish , and some hundred of tons in warehouse have been , and arc , in the course of being utterly _spoiled by the rot . Tub Lord Chancellor . —On Sunday accounts were received from Turville Park , Bucks , giving the statement that Lord Lyndhurst was rapidly advancing to convalescence .
Miss _Lurdett Couns , who has been on a visiting tour in Scotland , before leaving Edinburgh , transmitted to the Lord Provost £ 100 for the benefit o £ the poor . Tub Duke of Sutherland has , at length , agreed to accommodate tho Free Church with sites for the building of churches , ou his estates in Sutherland . Incendiarism in England . —Incendiarism is again manifesting itself in Berkshire . A serious fire occurred last week at Wantage . Gretna Green . — All young men and maidens who wish to follow the example of Captain Ibbetson and Lady Adeki Villlers , must decide speedil y , for , by a recent act , all marriages similar to that recently peribrmed at Gretna Green , will cease to be legal after the first of January next .
Beauties of the English System . —A few days ago a vessel arrived at Yarmouth with seventy tons of nutmegs , which , being the product ; of Dutch colonies , are inadmissible for home consumption . They will therefore be sent to the Capo of Good Hope , and then rc-shipped for this country as British colonial produce ! Irish _Amvsemest . —A fiction fight between the Caseys and Carraghrocs took place a few days ago , at Cloondora , when three men were left for dead . Commissioner op Bankrupts . —The Lord Chancellor lias appointed Mr . Burge ( the Queen ' s ! Counsel , and formerly Attorney-General of Jamaica ) , tothe _Commissionei-sliip of Bankruptcy , vacant by the death of Mr . Boteler . Tue Lieutksant Piiillpotts , who was killed in New Zealand , was the Bishop of Exeter ' s son .
Deptford Dockyard . — Sixty hired shipwrights and twenty sawyers have been entered at Deptfoi'd Dockyard , to complete the ships there .
The Calamitous Occurrence On The Royal C...
THE CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE ON THE ROYAL CANAL , IRELAND . Tne proceedings at the inquest on the fifteen persons drowned iu the passage boat in the Royal Canal , was resumed on Thursday , November 27 . An immense number of persons were present . It was painful in the last degree to witness the visiters examining the bodies—as many persons had conic from town and country with the view of identifying their friends or acquaintances , and in two or three instances bodies were recognised , and then arose a shout of grief and lamentation which the sternest heart could not resist . There still remain six persons whose bodies have not been recognised ; one of them is a beautiful young girl , christian name suppuosed to be Mary .
She came from Liverpool in company with a person named Morris , and she told him she was going to a place called lluesky . A Mrs . Beatty , who was going to Leiti im , had a most miraculous escape , and gives a fearful account of the accident ; Mrs . Mulligan ( lost ); lived somewhere about Longford , and was returning from Boston , in America , where she had gone to bring home her daughter , a pretty young girl , who was saved by the courage and humanity of Jessop , a private belonging to the 8 th Hussars , a fine fellow , of undaunted courage , who saved two or three lives with his own hands , and for which the company has rewarded him in a handsome manner . Collins were provided for all the bodies , and some of those recognised were taken away by their friends in the course ofthe day , when the jury was called over .
Mr . Perry said , on behalf of the company , thatthey had resolved on sending the survivors home free of all expense ; the company would make good anv loss or damage sustained by the _passengers , send them home free and give to each of them £ 1 in addition to their expense and loss . To Jessop thev would give £ o and make good his loss , and also recommend him strongly to Ins colonel . In fact , nothing should be lelt undone by the compauv to make every preparation ttiey could , aud as to the property which was now m possession OI tho police and the superintendence of the magistrates the company would give a guarantee to the magistrates for it , in order to bear them harmless if any mistake might occur in the distribution ot the property or claims to it hereafter by the representatives of the deceased parties . The examination of witnesses was then proceeded Wltll . After about , half-an-hour ' s consultation , the jury returned the following verdict : —
" We find that thesaid Edward Rutledge , Thomas Bannon , Michael _Mta-an , and Catharine Mulligan , with four men whose i : ames arc unknown , and five women whose names are unknown , and two children whose names are unknown , came by their deaths by being suffocated and drowned in the passage-boat Longford , ill tllO E . oyal Canal , near Olonsilla-bridgc aforesaid , on Tuesday , 25 th November , 1 S 45 , and that it was in some measure occasioned by the neglect of the master , Christopher O'Connor , the steersman , James Dunne , aud tho very culpable
neglect of Patrick'feeling , a free passenger ; and we further find , that the upsetting of the said boat was occasioned by the most gross negligence of the said Patrick Tecling after the helm was given in his _charge b . vthe said James Dunne : and wo further find tue s / n ™ _V leeling guilty of manslaughter . We also further hnd a great want of caution in the oxistW regulations concerning the construction of the passage boats , the regulation of the number of passengers to bo carried , and the duties of the crew ; _i _*?' _,- _* , , nildadcodand on the said boat of _A 100 sterling . "
The coroner then made out his warrant , and com nutted leeung for trial at the commission for man slaughter .
Hoixoway's Ointment And Pills.—Mi'. Samu...
Hoixoway ' s Ointment and Pills . _—Mi' . Samuel Ooudy _, a carpenter and builder , residing at No . 2-1 , _lloughtoii-street , Clare-market , was on the 21 st of October last , admitted a patient , with three dreadiul ulcers on the back part of his neck , at _Kind ' s College Hospital , and continued so up to the 24 th _° of March last , when lie was discharged as incurable _, lie has , however , been radically cured , in a very short space of time , by the above invaluable xnedioincs , This is another proof that any wound or ulcer however dangerous , may with certainty be cured by _theU'jneans , wheacYcry other means _haye Med .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_06121845/page/7/
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