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POLAND AND RUSSIA . CRIMES OF THE MUSCOVITE lOSCREAKT ., "* . ¦ ffchaveto <» " »«* an error In our article of last j . for which the ' author of "Eastern . Europe ^ 5 " tlie l Einperar Nicholas" is responsible . ,- The \ rat was in the name of the 'heroic abbess of the lL « eCutcd nuns : an eminent PoUsh '|> atrio ^ Uifoi < ni 8 -tliat the real name of this noble " martyr is Ihexa MiECzrsLAwsKi , and riot Miecesus" '( Meeosfas is a Slavonian Christian name given-only to men ,-aad aeYer gl ^ eu ta women ) -, ItLfnee ^ ssary that the real name of this brave worjau shouM . be * knewn . . That aame is now the pro ^ etty of Suropei 3 iay ,.-of _ the worW afc large , andieft go down to posterity-with thai of Nicnot ^ s- ^ hc'fenney te be revered , thefcitter io beexeciateilthi » ugkaU-t '» Ee . * ., "ffc now proceed s placcsn reconfl sonie&rther statements of tliel ^ arius ^ o ings of Ike nikcreaut icholas- " ' "'' . ' ' "' " --1 ' " - ¦;'
N ^ , _ . .. .. . . . .,-As in Toland " SScHOLiE labours to coirrei-t . the Catholic population ' tarthe Greek ^ hurch , by what lelli ^ i ueans vre ^ y " described lai £ week , ^ he . pursues the same object as ; r «^ ards the Protestantpopuhticn -af the" Baltic / provinces ; The-latest ne . ws ironi fiiose proviaees is _ * f a most-inelanohcly nature . The « rork of 'RassianisEjg the people is . proceeding ; inspiteotsfflQjpositiOE . Th ^ e -piormeas were fo rmerly under T « issiaffxfominatioB , and were for some 1 aae governed % ¦ the "Swedes ;¦ but-neither . Prussia nv Svfe ^ en . iltreto'interfere , Russia isttoo powerful ,, and every 6 " ne musftake care of bis-own affairs . 1 is , therefore , hofforoaeinoineEt to be imagined tba theuriperiaWouble eagleof Ressiaisito be frigbtene * from ing himself therein thedestruction
gorg , _ ^ ffissectfonof-an old limb of Germany by the very slight clamear tliatis raised against him . ; What are , i £ he Knssiass doing there ? * £ hsy are-atteiuptingio ehaaga the anost-sacred things apeople possess—their language , easterns , and religion . TFUis they have no right to dc ^ vfoivthese . provinces yfereVcedeU to them bv a treaty in which they promised'to . respect , aiid protect aid-customs and laws , and especially the lau r guage and religion of the peopled -cBaring . . the first fouryearsof thepresent Emperor' 3 reignth . e Gernians and their customs there wers respected and protected , but the unhappy fate of Poland seems to Ura ^/ ftpr it into the same slough tks other portions not nationally belonging to the Russian empire : Everything is to becoEie'Rnssian . \ ' ¦ " ; . - > .. ¦ whicli
Let us now return to " unhappy-Poland , country was visited by . JacHous last summer . < io jdlthe evils -which continue to afflict- Poland' these fifteen yeass , to political oppression and rehgioEs neraecutioo , without a ' parallel jn : modem history , a fresh calaiBi ' iy has lately been added . - The bad Invest of last year has occasioned a-scarcity , arid tic overflowing-of the rivers ct two distinct periods , in the sprin" andjinmediately before" the harvest , has : f £ .-vased every habitation * ud every-field in many a district . . Jiese misfortunes have been aggravate and prolonged by-tke scarcity itsdf , which preventsd the sowlns-of half the land . "As tc-the jotatoecrop , Hie principal food of-tlie poor / its-deficienc } - mthe antumnraified the price - of that-nsfetul plant so esorbltantlv high , as-searcely to" admit the possibility of using " it for seed ; -so that , to the -appalling effect Of present misery is superadded uiast threatening anticipations ibr the fiitui * . - -- v ...
; _ AT _ It is more particularly in the ancient palatinates of Saadomir , 2 ? Jock , Dublin , Angustow , as well in part of the palatinate of Cracovia , th'atstfes fammeand all the evils in its train Jiavc been the most" felt . In iko = e unfortunate provinces ' entire masses of people , deprived of everv necessary , wandei \ about the eonntrr , divided fiito baads , in seareh of themost loathsome food , which is oftener mere adapted to soothe their Iiungersthan afford nourisliment . Mm ^ bedess diseases , the unavoidable -consequence of destitution , rapidly diminish the number of these unfortunate men , and despair sometimes unves them to acts of violence which the autliciities are not altrars able to .
repress At the sfchi of so much misery who -eoald ' remain nnnioved ? What hatrea . be it evor-so implacable , could avoid relenting ? Yet tlie Einnerw- lias rejuaiued indifierent . 2 He has seen nothing , or ! vc would see nothing ; and he lirts not even isqiiineri into the causes of ihe calamity , or tbougnt of any remedies bv which it might bu allcvi : vTC < l . All his time at Warsaw was eiisrosscd by niil ; i ; iry pomp anu parade , lie repeatedly visited the ciwdeJ , as if to convince Mniself With his own eves taat ' itisina « ood posture of defence ; and he heu ^ sd , m this respect , some of the anxiety usual with one who fi-rcimines his woman -on tie eve of usujg the same .
He also .. made several trips to GeorgierJc ( fonnerlv Modlin ) , sitoate a few miks from Warsaw , ana destined io cheek the country all arouad . _ From a letter written on : the banks of the - ^ istua , in August last , we take the following fcacnphonol a Tlsit paid by the great . bear to the stndcifis of \ var-« aw : _ " One day the Emperor , : ) CvambBlatHig the Streets of Warsaw hi Jus cu-nage , fen in with ixro students , who neglectedt 0 uncorer thwr heads in his presence ^ . He immediately ordered Jus coachman to overtake ikem . aml he himself asked
them if thev did not know who he was Onc-ot * hciii J iavin " . answered , 'No , my General' He abruptly retorted , ' What , then , not know your Sov < srej £ n ? 'fife , apostrophe struclt the two young Men with terror while his Majesty added , "Look at me-well , ihafc another time you may aot forget the person oi ronr Emperor ; but I shall-take care , besides , to make mvsclf known to oil the students . " Kext momiag ' all the schools rceewed an order to appear liefore his Majesty , with < lue solemnity , tiieir governan ; anu professors at their Lead 'lie imiK-Por veMzpA slnwlv tliioueh their ranks , inquiring 01
JMarslia ! Paskcwicz whether he was salisfiedwith tlie students ofiYarsaw . The-marslial , always on hie « uard , zn <\ knowing well his master , cautiously replied , 'tint he was not altogether quite satisfied . The Enjperorthen cast a frowning look over the poor Studenters ^ d fastened hiseyeupocone oi them , uniorijii-ifelr a plain-loalking youth , whom he pointed oit to " life suite , saying , ' Marie , what nwutii , what snout i « w , vorja , literally a vulgar and contemptuous expression , .. pplieable la a pig )—I will Tuagi-rtbat he is a wretch capable of any crimes . - The unhappy student , thns described happened precisely to be rcmarJwMc for his geod eoflduct and proiicieiiCT : and as the professor ventured to whisper
the foc ' t to ihe counscdor of state , Muchanow , who ^ s at the head of public instruction in Polan d , 31 uthanow thought it his duty to repeat it to the Imhperor , but his Majesty rebuked him m * no gei . tle arms , and iold him to hold histongue , wlule he himself « ave vent i « Jiis angiy feelinss , in a lecture to xhe indents , in tone and spirit V-ry similar to lue celebrated speech , bestowed on the municipality oi Warsaw . On this owasionlicriosed his paternal admonition to the students with the exhortation that they were . henceforward to Miavc in such a manner as to deseire the good opinion ot the marshal , as distribute
utherwischewoiiiadoajtUch- school and die students without distinction among his different itgimcnts , where the * would be obliged to serve as common soldiers and ' recruits . It is not . difficult to imagine the consternation which this imperial speech hns spread in every 1 ' olish family . " ** To soikc the absvc statements may appear tevial , io as tier appear important ; the lirntal speech to the poor * inoffensive student sufficiently stamps XiciiftLAS as an uncivilised ruffian ; but w « have now to call the attention of our readera to hoi-rore almost MBallins . those to which the nuns of St . Basdius were subjected , described in our paper of Jast week . article is translated
The f < Jlowi » g most iniporsant from a French moatlJy periodical , au organ ot the workiap cliss , Jmd exclusively written l . y working men . Tie facts Hiereni stated hare vothdhm-to aj » seared in any English journal . W c are indebted lor the translation to the eminent Pulisti patriot aljuve allatledto : — Evciy day are we hearing from rolaiul an account of atrocities peroefc-aU-a by Nicholas againsr fliat uuha } . ^ jiation . TJiis ci-ownefl monster is continually putting to death onr unhs : *? brotliers of the north . The Poles , iu tiie ercs of t 3 is tvraat , are guilty of tlie twofold frijnc of ieiug Catholics sad Toles . He martyrkes ilio Catholics iecause they refuse to arjure their faith , and to recognise Zumastbeh-spirUzil eliit-f ; lie puts to death tlie Poles Siocause they refuse to acknowledge him asUicir faajj , xaiso his career as zz . executioner never terminates .
S ^ sdrous , ou our part , that our readers should have * - omciy «« oi fiie Muodflsirstiness of the Czar—desirous , ruso , is . -maTce known the devotion of two of Ills victims , we Iio-ie » ive two instaac « 5 « f it , not yet puMisne-I : — , On di «» . ' h of Aagust , IS 14 , Charles L ^ vitoux was ar- 1 rested « b rfc-e charge of being a conspirator , and impn-: sonea in the / atadel of Warsaw . Alter having in rain , for one entire Viar , esljausted upon Li-vitous . and upon , thirty of his fiia'ds , . vho were reused with him , every ] j-Jivsieal andiDora / tortur e that lie human br-. uu could devise , his friers wfre liberated ; lemoux , alone stujutted of hang tlie teaS of the « m « piwrr ,- * M Jetaiutd j . ri £ . 3 ner . A new president honns l >"" a ? p « ated » the committee Lrged with ite prosecoajm of * JfV
the Zcu ^ Z w ^^ uck * M «* - the node of ti * Sr de&nee , and M& ardwed L = mtoux ' s dungeon to be minutely « «^^ ^ ^ Sound traces of 2 . compludtv between tli « *™^ . V ~ £ few of the citizens of Warsaw . IcvitO'J . v . "" " ^ TfJ interrogated , r . ceired three hundwa stny-i . ' £ xo compel him to denounce Ms accomjiiices . ' ^¦ - ^ daj . liU Trocnds still blteiling . the cx ( cnio : ie , t 'J ^ theatrocifv , anu algo threattned even still more v * < " * " | 7 rate and "increasw Lis iuJferitss , when l . svitct ' . ' iloubtinghis courage nor his love tor his coisi . tr . ., 1 ) L ^ strengtli , wlijcli he feared might ml him a '< the * * treine icomtnt , resolved to die . The door of escii Iius ? ia
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* We mnst coi-reei another en-or : t-v sn unaccountalj . ' e 1 ; lBnde ,-wesjioke < , fthe-30 th of Xuvtiiil'tr as the ainiiversajr « f the I ' olfeh . Kevolition : tae 2 & ! li ii the auilivcrsaiv , uvttheSotli .
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¦ -SS&yj ' ¦ •^¦ - \ :. J- . ' ¦ :, - ,: ¦ ? . : . „ ¦ ¦ , . . dungeon has afetbe top , ji ; fflaaU , shutter , ; th ' ro » lgh . Which , « vcry nioinent j - tar ^ n ^ nid ^ n otise- jve wnatUie prtebueV is doing ; and w' ^^ S ^ nyKf t . ^ thg mwt ^ efeess of tl » imfortunate , ' thgre ^ . ^^ ghl ^^ ig ^ gl ' Su ^^ ftjijsp thtit even when " reposing on , -iriB ^ S& ^^^ li ^^ tM ¦ jrifeiinw "is made to' feel that = * & % ^ . f ^ j 3 ^ sv ^^ sS | S ^^ on - him . - I ^ toasih ^^ -fouy ^ d- itt euu ^ Jdlrt ^ g ^ diil vigilance of thesentin ^ iarrlcad > d ^ So ^ or iiis clungeon , In oraerto % lay tW » se y / W . xpi s ht : ^ SA to 5 qp 5 yit then placing his light jhenea . » . h his pallet ^ he : T ( i : apiie ' d-himself up in his coverlet , : u' ja , > commending ffisTsonl - to God , awaited for deaths The flames being perceived by the soWiei-s"they-bsviPE open the . d ^ or , and 1 / found levitoui burmng ^ yetis ^^ ire ^ ther / then ^ neTredtfe ^ rth'f eatei ; when the m ^ artyr , transported b y . a lioi y ' ze ^ l , tore oj >* n his throat , mnll « xpired . " Thus his . soul aleiie carried to heaven with it his seccet . , * . / ' '" ' """ . "; ' ;
Thesetondxnsta ^ aof . martyrdom . is ^ Rpless remarkable thatl-thc former ; - The abbot , Siyilxu / , whose worth auanoUle ^ triotism are the un iversal '" th ' eme iiilLitlce , was ' arrested , together with a very groat number of his countrymen , about the end of the-j ^ ear 1 S 44 . " He was acCUSed'Of having been preparing an insurrection against the Russians . Having already , undergone' the horrid punislKnemt of the kuout , -oas evening the ' committee of inquiry , interrogating him about the nanies of his accomplices , threakued him with the . most terrible fqrtures . The ^ ood priest s tre tehtd forth Iris haud over ' the'flame
of flie lamp , and allowing it to burn , calmly said ; "You may martyrize ine ; mv-lifeis ip your hands , but my soul 'i s with my God , and wifli Po ] and , _ Do ' what you ' may , no hiiman power shall induce me-to perpetrate an act of perfi 4 y ?* - " =-WUiIst they : were attempting , to ' drag ! him fiw the'lamp , ' lie seized feold-of . it , and drank the boiling oil . Iri'dfew minutes he-expired , defying his pei-seetitoi's , and Zkvs ¦ achieved'Hmt . hamprtal , glory , ' resevved only for Ahbs ' e whd ^ sacrifice ; their ! . Hvis in vindicatioa of their faith , arid "of their . devoteuness to " tiie iiwerests . of ^ humanity ; ? .--: .- , y :,.. ; ,: . '' .. " . "'''' ] - * - »¦¦ ! .- ;
¦• 'In'its " number-of the -28 rd of ¦ September , * he journal 'It Viiibersi-gives an . account of the . iiiartyrdsai of J fortyseved'Polish : Catholic nuns , who" sjiffereel thV aiost hortible-tortures : rather than -renounce . their ' faifll to . adoiit the religion of ihe tyrant of thcii-eouu £ ry . ' We . will not again- allude = tetso . melancholy a reeitalj ; a ' s it is already known to our readers . " , ,. ., ' . " , ' . ' ^ , . j ' : : . ¦ " L'Uniwrs accuses the ' French pres . s ' of being , ; by its Bilence , theaocomplice-pfilicUol ^ slj ' We ' suje anxious to prove that this'accusation « annot be applied to the joui -
nals of ¦ theTevolutionarjjparfy / li O ' uvpaftaf never ; covenanted with the ' , initopuSj 3 idiqfesV : "'' Tiiere-. is-.-not a single radicaiMvho woiild ' , not c ^ eei&ilj' saijnflce ; hiB life ; so that flieifleserved pj j ^ haient ' oJ ' GSd ' nnglit ' speedily fall iipon him who is by aU * goJ > 4 nien '^ cSled j the execrable tyi-ahtof . theaiprth . ' ! . ^ " <' '' 1 . ' , r ! , ' '" ' \ ^> L '« .- ¦' ¦' «¦ ' : ; i j And it , is aot ; us , , above ajl ^ ithat they caE « ccuse ; of , hpld T ing ; our ltongues ; ithrougfi / aVmiserable -iJiferest ot ' - . anti r Teligious . Or auti-uationai ' policyV "' ' Beeo&HGnis ( s . ' ¦• we ¦ will : do all in « ar . power to ^ sisi at criishtniy the . tyrant of Poland uuder tlie chastisement of his crimes ' . ' ' Catholics !' '
we ivould wish to deliver to dmne justicetue : schismatical Fope , who , by ; his abominatl "cruelties ^ and his unheard of persecutioas ,-has sunkintolubiivion the ' names of tli ^ tyrants -Hero uni ^ JDUxtctian . ' ] Oh ' , ' that it . ' were ' ' in oi » T : power , to aid , our Palish brother ' s / the world ' ATOuld * then see horegreatisourdetestatioa of them 6 nsters * Kioperseicute them .-. But how is " it ' Aaf "' th ' e ' s ^ t ^ liMntr )| ngio % journal-i-flproaches revolutionary Trancei : . "ff ^ sjit . npi ; ia the reignof -Louis . XV ., of shameful ' nienipry , > thatPoland was tominjags ?_" ' He coulS hive savediier ; she"iuvoked . him , but he sbamefuilyHcrince'dKer to the infamous
debauchtes of " Jiis royal aeraglib : ; Pranee . ^ on the cpntl'aj'y whenshewas delivered' froin , the Bourfeens ,-tia ' s ; alwajs extended a Jielpiughand . to'Poiand ;; On all ; tlie " ; batt ! e-: fields OfSurope , the blood of Poles ' was intermingled-with that of-O'ars . ; andtlie white ta ^ le had never 11 mOrefaitlu fol ally-ihan . the old-dmpeau A £ r « pnblican'Pranc £ ' Vtas it us who , in ihe . year 1830 , sold l ' olaafl ; to . " obtain tlie good graces of the 3 niperor ; of Kussia i 5 TVas'it tis viixo said , - «« Order mans hi . Wayk ^ B /" ' - " ' if / . then , - Prance Jias not deTfendedhei- old aUy , iUsJi ^ ause fite herself was . no longer £ ree , ikapshedso hahfiiitin s < M ; to conciliate'tlie European-monarchies . . " " " * * ' ' ¦
. Whatever the . Uiiiocrs may , say , we ace grateful to tlie Chamber of Beputies for ' their annual . declaration that J ? olaiid depends upon us , anu the " noble jefugees of . that immuutalnatwu . App laud with us . thisremauibrance , which cau £ ts more than oneforeliead to blush . ; - Jt : was not the people who liaitered oar . artists , when they-were about to . prostitute their renown to thu caprices of the haiigiaan Whose thrcne is at St . Petersburg . _•; If ws were iu tbe place of our deputies , not Ouly . ATOUlll ive . pvot « st against the oppression of Poland , . but wu wonldrefuse all credit to dia ^ ovtnnhent to . entertain ambiissadors * nd agents in Russia .- It is a sbauie for France to be r <; jn-tsented at that natlOU Of . Slaves jllld executioners , and we sicken ut hearing of a HuESiaU ambassador beingitt'JParis . :: - ¦ V .
The i " . ( ir « -5 . ' is right ivlieu it says , that formerly the account . * of so many cruelties would have , excited the honor of all Christians , and thai no sovereign would have dared to commit them ; It was so , because lite treaion of tliC kcuah luadjuitli of Christ tra-- not sitting . va Vie Oaroue of gUJPctto :. . ' ' , : - ' "' " - ' . Ii is because we ' are truly Catholic £ liat weaecuSGtllC high cle ^ y / aud above all the l ' oye , of uuivortby . wealtuess towards tlie " tyrant of 'the north .-. Now ,. 4 iow is it , that in tbe sight of the horrible ijftl'SUCUtion wllicll for SO m ' ailj years has decimated a Caihclie population , more jealous of preserving its feiththau * its life ; how is it , that the Catholic clergy remain silent ! It is not to obey temporal powa ' , for ., in ' these uajs the crgss . is ' raised ' against the sceptre for much lessiuipoi'titac ' causes . ; If our priests were still solicitous aijout " the Catholic , faith , public prayers w / jul . l be said in behalf of our brothers , " the Catliolie niiirryrs / m ' ali our churches ; no priest would
a = ctud the pulpit withuut recalling them to our memory ; tlit voice uf the gathering fijar would be heard soliciting alms , aiid lie would exert himself in fevour of his brethren by giving them the material means of rescuing themselves from the bouds of slavery anu death . If the bishops had not bartered the humble habit of the apostles of Christ for vestments of gold and silk , would they not put themselves at the head of a new crusade— ivould tiey flofrpiake , by their mandatory letters , a declaration of holy war % and the spiritual head of the chnrch , is he then materialised to that point , that he ? h < iuld have totaliy forgotten the energies of his predecessors : Is there not reuiaiuing a single line of tlie acts « f ' jl' « gory YJI ! Is tllCll all remcnn : raiic-e of the Popes , whoi ' e ' aused- the preaching of the crusade , lost for ever ? The Saracens , who ruled over the sacred earth , did not perpetrate more cruelties , nor more persecutions against the Christians , than Nicholas has , and , notnithst ^ ading that , . Nicholas is the ally of the Pope . '
Can a more monstrous alliance be imagined ? IV hat J the Pope , the ally of the heart of the Russian schismatics ? Wliat ! is the successor of St . Peter almost the bosom ftitud o ( the executioner of the Catholics ? Verily a strange spectacle > ¦ If the nations lose their faith in Home , it is because Home lias abandoned itself to the enemies of the faith ! The cause of this unworthy abandonment by the Catholic clergy and their head , is , that thehead is himself alsoth « tyrant of a portion of the Catholic family . All the tyrannies , all the oppressions , are bound amongst them ai solido : the decrepit old man , who reigns in the Vatican , wants the strong arm of the Petersburg !! despot
for his own maintenance . More solicitous about Ins temporal power than of his Christian functions , he turned king . As king , as an unfit siiO bad king , he " oppresses those whom he calls his sa » jccts ; ha compresses their insurrections against his t > r « nuy only by his hangmen and gendarmes ; being accustomed to see human Wood shed around him , how can he feel when a tyrant is about to shed it afar oft" ? Thcrefoie , good understandings between the rope aud the Czar are officially , and regularly carried on , and it is not impossible , that tlie day may arrive , when the Homan PmitUf will be surrounded by Russian soldiers for the express purpose of annihilating , iu Italy , every Christian idea otlibcrty .
Like ourselves , the Univcr ? is devoted to France , and , like ourselves , does not "hesitate to accuse our French rulers of treachery to Poland . Seeing that the linkers , like ourselves , professes ilseif to be Catholic , why does it not unite with us to challenge those who rale over tlie Catholic community to do their duty 1 AVhy does it not join its voice with ours , to denounce the treachery of the Christian name occupying tlie Catholic pulpits ? We are we l aware that itis !> nt too easy to complain of our press , which has basely abandoned the cause of Poland : ~ we arc but too well aware , that people may even have courage ' enough tc uVuuunce tlietcmporal power which sacrifices to its own convenience the vitality of a nation devoted to . France ; but it •» , unquestionably , a far more courageous act to rcin . fully break off with the priestly oligarchy , which taicly ' altanuonsitsfiiith to temporal domination .
France , which , like ourf . lv *? , is revolutionary and Catholic , is animated by ihe -awe idea , and when s'ie is freed from the obstacles which at present oppose her progress , like ourselves will cheerfully offer the hand of brotherhood both to Poland and to Italy . She possesses sufficient generous- Wi . ocl in her veins to be able to shed it as well at liomc as at Warsaw . Then we shall see that infamous- crew of slaves and executioners , who now carry -iHo etiect the atrocious outers of . Ni cholas , expelled into their native deserts ; then i > e sJiall also see the temporal power of the Popes broken to pieces ; and the sticcsssov of St . Peter , freed from tlie care of maintaining his tyranny , will then cxcJushdv become ihe spiritual unu devoted head of Christian ? , and will once mo )« iiopress ^ tlie worl d with the idea of the ancient glory of tlieTope , which was to be the strrant of the servants of tiuJ . —f . 'Attalier for October , 1 S 15 . ' ( To le cci : ii .-tmj
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Extexsivk Hobbekt 01 K . wr . wAT Sdaiies . — On Tuesday information was lTi-civcd by the police that between ten am ] eleren o ' clodc <•» tlie night of Saturday last , as-Mr . Richard A very , of No . 5 , Pcntonplace , VYalwortli , was crossing the road from the Alfred Head to-the Elephant and Castle , his coat pocket was picked of OSS rr . ii «;* y and other shares . The robbfcry was supposed to have been committed by two women of mean appenrnuttvfi'ho walked behind Mr . Avery as he crossed . An English ' . ratrfunakcr , named Symington , hns \ taken out a patent for a el'x-k , the motive power of ffhicli is tlie dropning of water . It requires no wind , lag up . and l > ut-little attcmiou , aiidfssaiii tp tea very successful experiment . T / JE Pp 5 T I ' urticiAss art * J > j \ Diet , Dr , Quiet , and ) r # Mevryw&Q ,
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6 HEAT LOSS OF . LIFE , AND FIUGHTFTO SDFFERr ' -radS ' -OP- ^ HB SURVIVORS ^ LOSS OF THE , BMI-. ^ eRANT ^ SHlP ^ . 'MAEXi OF . LONDON —SERIOUS . - -CHARSE [ AG&mST-iTWB . dwKEllS s . ' ,. ' .. ' '" I ' . :. ! "' The .. meiftticnoly "details of the appalling shipwreck of'tlie Maiy , 'i an emigrant ship of London , * hile on the homeward voyage . from Sydney , and the 'dreadful'fate of nearly-all the female , passengers , have been received bythe arrival of . tlie Penyard Park packetship ; on Sunday last , in . the . London Docks . . " The Mary , wliicli'was built at Ipswich in the year 1811 , has for some years been engaged in the conveyance of passengers and emigrants , between London aiid New Sontii -Wales , ana was the property "Of several persons . * ' She was barque-rigged , and measUred 308 tons . On : hero departure from Sydney , in addition to her « iw ,= she had on board ibrty-three !
passengers . ' Sue ' was also freighted with a valuable cargo , coniprisiog wool , - tallow , oil , aud otlier merchandise , with a case of bullion . :-. - . . . .. -: ' ¦ ¦ : "the ios ^ twk ' placp . sixdays after leaving Sydney , on a isunkeB' rock off Flinder'slsland ,-in Bass's Straits ; between 300 ahd" 400 miles-from Sydne y , So sudden was the ' eatastrbphe , which happened in the middle of the night , that seven s minutes only elapsed from the ' period of her striking and breaking up , and lamentable to state that seventeen wowen and cuilcferen met a watery grave , The chief-mate had the watch at the time , ' and at about eleven o ' clock % called Captain Newfey- ¦ up , saying he thought land was near . The captain , however ,, was unable 4 o perceive it , and shortly afterwards saw broken ' water on the lee-beam ! 'Wiere : was no wand' to make * Jie ship answer her Jiebn , she refused -stay 8 / and drove broadside on the ix > ck « . : " . " ,.:,
TBesurvivors will more taHy , explain the circumr stanoes attending the wreck .: .. .-, -.-, , :, ; ... ' . ; C ^ taiii Colli nB , of the 15 th Light Dragooas , gives theibllowing account : —The Mary ; sailed Jkova the heads of Port Jackson « n Monday morning , the 19 tli of May , and tlieI-, wind' tei ^ unfayourable'tor New Zealand , Oaptaini'Newby ^(» asteavt < i ; the south , and attempted the passage tlirougli Bass ' s Straits . Alter dwibling Wilson P , romeRtoiiyy ¦ the wind vearpd to the west , ' a ' nd . ' the ' eap ' tain' ¦ fearingthat althat advanced season of . " the year , the wind ; would-continue for a length of time to . the-wesfcrard , ' ' : resigned all hope of g 6 ing h 6 me by theCape-of jGopd Hope , « nd , putting a | Mtut ' sliip ; . taade for-New Zealand . ; . He expressed regret ) at / tlie lisapporntment . he . had met . ' with , as ftomVihe leaky [ state * f the ship . iwhfch niadeisix
inches of water pjer . apur , lie wished ; to' lieeD near the land as long as he . possibly . could , ;; the . wggitig -being , also ' defective ,-and net having :. a second jsuit ' of sail 9 ' on hoary / "At about a guarterpasteleven o'clock , on Saturday night ; the ^ dth ,--th'e alarm of the sliipbein ^ in danger wad given by'Oaptain ^ Newby , to ' the JBapin passengersV . wiio . were all . in' bedf : ; an'd ; he ] dpsire ( i thcm todress-and hasten . lipdn ^ deckv Tliejcabin ' passeiix gers were'i- ^ Mrsr' ^ SeVbyV , her three ^ daughters , and eeivarit Mi-s ^ 'f urnhuHjiMi's : Collins ^ four daiighters ' and-oh e'sort at . the-breasti . two ' , maid servants , arid niysell ' ., ; WeMaol ^ ' scarcely : left 6 uriberth ^ 3 ylien ; the Bbipfstruck upon tlieiesf , and thef crushing '' noise " of fhtfltinibers : was' ¦ di ^ ir iotly . heaM ' abbve the ' roar '' of tKe ^ breakersj : and inVlesa tlian three ' minutes tne ' wafer'rushed . yiolentlyjinto . ' the , cabin , as high its our
kriSes ; - \ vhensliesti' « ok a . second time . TJiemam racist them sunk through , the bottom ot ' the ship , its maintop andj topmasts . being supported by the main deck / The sanie shock that caused such devastation ; forced the cabuicfooiv wliicli opened andslmfc in a slide , 'to to . close nearly oh ' 'tis , the'sbipiatithe ! time being so much , pir the starboard side , that it' was-doubtful whether she ^ wbuld not capsise . v { Fortunately I perce ' iyedthe'do ' or ' elosMigin sufficienlitimeto introduce my liand'into'the ' open space so astoipush . back the door , and witli the utmost difficulty . 1 succeeded in getting upon deck all the ^ passengers . This' was scarcely effected when the bottom of the ship separated from the sides , carrying away the -lower cabin "deck ; whicli ^ we had j ust left , 'the tons < of oil and cargo dashing against the reeK and the breakers washing over us with
fearful violence . ' The only boats that were available , where the whale-boat on the : larboard quiirt « r , and the long-boat' on the main-deck . Sonic of the passengers were put into these boats ; and Ikad just placed Mrs ; Collins in the long-boat wlien . I h ' eard . Sarah palling for mo to take the bay . froin tier , as she was unable to bold'him any longer . I , with great difficulty reached her , andpufcarope into her hand , which I desired herto hold by until I had put the child into the boat , when I would , return for her and my two girls-: — Au » ustaand Kate . . I had scarcely left her whena breaker broke over the deck , carrying rac , with great force , against a water-but . I ejected my wayto the long-boat , -and .-while I . was giving : ' the child to its mother the lnaintopmast fell-on board crushing-the whale boat , which was lving upon the skids alongside
of it , and immediately after the , ipie and nuzenmastsV with all their sails set , also i ' ell overbo ' ard on the starboard side ; on whicli the deck righted , 'but the rigging of these masts . all lyiiig across' the deck , intercepted ; tlie .. coniniuuication'f oi'e and aft . I was searching for my twodiiughters , Augusta and Kate , and the maid Savah , when I saw the captain , who informed me that he had juit put them" with'his family a moment before in the whide boat on the Jarboard * 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
ns , 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 quieldy righted . We found the water gaining on us , and then discovered that both the plugs were out ,-on . which one of 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 which threatened , us on everyVide . 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 husre wave dashed a cask of tallow over my head
against the inside of the starboard side ; near the stern , and carried away eighteen inches of the gunwale and upper streaks ; a tun of oil followed the course of the cask of tallow , striking Off my hat in its passage , but the cask of tallow having already made a . breach in the side of tlie 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 vre . the , n got into smooth water . Tlie sea outside the reef , as well as the wind , being nearly calm , we heard the voices of some sailors , which 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 . New by was the
only person saved . Her escape was eftectod by her catching a rope alongside the broken deck in the water , when one of the men hauled her on deck . The piece of the- ship that was afloat was the quarterdeck , on which we found twelve men and Mrs . A ewby . 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 brandy , from a sense of the evils it might cause . Nothing could surpass the undaunted self-possession which characterized the conduct of the captain and crew throughout this most , fearful night , and the men we rescued . from the wreck waited there iu the most collected and steady manner until each-was called by name , when lie dropped quietly into the part ot ' the
boat assigned him . The ladies and children were sitting up to their waists in water and oil , andtlie boat was stove in three places . Th ' e 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 011 us' whenever the least interruption took place in baling the boat , we continued fov nine hours and a-half , and at half-past eight o ' clock on Sunday morning we landed on t ! ie island , about eighteen miles distant from tlio' reef struck by the ship . On reaching the shore , those who were piously disposed returned their grateful and unfeigned thanks to the Almighty for the miraculous interposition De had been i / leas « l to manifest in so signally preserving us
from the numerous dangers that Had threateneu us . The day was mild-and warin , and we commenced arrangements for our future conduct . We found a small spring of water on the beach , and determined to build a small bower to shelter us . . The only tool we possessed was the carpenter ' s axe , the edge of which had been broken in endeavouring to cut away tbe masts , &c , of the ship . Some of the party went for shellfish along the beach , but only succeeded in picking up a few limpets , which were divided in equal proportions with a small piece of pumkin to each person . On reckoning the number landed , we fou nd that forty-two persons had been saved , and seventeen drowned . On the afternoon of Sunday Captain Newby , with five of the crew , left us in search of the settlement , as we knew government had a station on Flinder ' s Island , but we were uncertain that the island we were on was the same . The , only food the
partv took with them was one slice of pumpkin each . All Mondav passed over , the ladies , and children began to sink , despair was expressed by many , and fervent were our prayers to God for aid . Iveyerdid 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 hourly sinking before me , calling repeatedly for bread and nourishment which I was unable to give them ; niy 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 the morning " of Tuesday , the third clay , ray eldest surviving daugh . te % near seven years old , showed great symptoms of debility , and death seemed stamped in her countenance . I had succeeded in collecting some limpets , And
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was entering the 'bower , , when jI heard . a ; cheer , an ^ . in' a few minutes a strange . ' man and boy , witn a haversack , made their appearp . ee , The man 9 aid . he brought supplies of food , and clothing , and tnat Dr . Milligan would send more in the course of the day ; Two of the men who had accompanied the captain now made their , appearance ; an abundant supply ( of'bread and course mutton , was ; spread o ' Ut before ourfamished ' eyes . The ; distance from the settlement - ' was twenty-five ; miles , . and ; the road * itapracticable to delicate females and ; children . . The wind was unfortunately adverse , and we determined to await the return of the captain , who arrived in the middle of the night .- The . next ¦< morning , the wind being' still against us , the captain . sent off the . crew
and passengers capable of-travelling-by land to the settlement . The rain continued ; Jo descend in torrents ; " and -the' wind remaining unfavourable and strong , the communication with the settlement , botH by land and water , became impossible "for two da ys ^ only the females and children receiving an allowance ?? . * ° p d . On Saturday tlie weather , became more Moderate , the rain ceased , and we rece iveda fresh supply of provisions . On the following ' jttOMUng , the wind being : &yoorabJe , we , on the eighth' day from our landing , got into a' long boat and- proceeded by water , towards the settlement , and reached it'about half-past ten o ' clock ' that night . ; . '" '' ., " . '" ' Captain Collins ; concludes by stating that it is evident , ; from the manner in which the bottom
separated from the sidea that the Mary would have foundered in tho first gale $ wind , at all events she could not be reasonabiy . expectea to double Cape Horn . The . very circumstance , of the : main-mask sinking and / striking through tho ; bottom proved the reasonabjettess ' of the assertion . - A . ' sound ship might haye forced : a . head and got ^ inio clear water . I am satisfied , that'from tlie tacts elicited , ' an ^ inguiry is inevitable , and trust that ' some measures may be taken ; at least in the port . o ( Sy ' dnejrJ"to . prevent theljyes and property of-British subjects . peiiig jeopardized M ' rotten or brokeri'Jbacked ships . ¦{ : "'¦ : ' : ¦ > . j . ., . -In confirmation of Captain Collier's statement , the ' carpenter , John 3 tarisbury ^' « Kseryes ; that . before . the Mary started , he found' site made fourteen inches of
water in twelve hours ;' buton jher getting ( to , sea he did not" think thatshe - 'would ; make ; ioorft . When she got jto . sea , - however ; - 'tie ^ found that it increased , and -remembered ' some ot'the steerage passengers expressing alarm . . ' at 7 the pumps ! being so . very-often at . work / There waa do . logilihfV . log ' glasses / deep sea lead ; or bell -to strike ; , the , hours on- board , jike' ( jither shins . } . Whfen-fihe struck -she immediately parieu amidships , th % m , airiniast : went down through iierjeottom ^ i . ana ^ h'b ^^ andmi ^ n ' mastei ' ollpi ^ ed ,., . ; 1 : ; . T ( he .. o . whers Sf ! tti ^ iJ& y in'th ' e " most pbsifclye terma refiited the ileclariitionVof the ship ' s unaeaworthinesB , and l ' nsproof produced the , certificate of her soundness ; ' as given by Mrv Ashmore , surveyor for Lloyd ' s . By that document it appears that'she had undergone
necessary , repairs amonth . or two previous to her aV pai'ture ; and that sliei was fit to receive and carry a ] jea 8 ival . cargp--with 8 a ^ y ,- ^ The ; fint ' and , seTOn ^ ma ^ also certified fchat . tue . « hip , was . stout an < ii strong , " and : perfectly . capable .-of , making the ^ voyage to England , &adshebeen . kept ^ lear : ofihe ., rooks .., jTfiey also de 'Clare that ; shejivas . furaished . ^ ith ' ajaew and second suitofsaUs , andeverythmg necess ' ai'yto secure ' , lier safety . - : ' .,. ¦ ::-.. •• , ; :, , - ' ; : ^ ' . „ . ' .. ' ¦ ' . ' .. ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ,: ' ¦ Ab has beenf-mentioned in Captain Collins ' s narrative / the survivors endured tlie greatest suSering ' ere they were rescued , After being on Flinder ' s island for eight days they obtained conveyance to
Launceston , ; where the news -of the wreck liad created the deepest sensatioit . . The passengers , emigrants , and crew , having lost .. all they possessed , several gentlemen formed themselves .. into a committee , and in a few days-succeeded in raising asu ' raof money for their temporary aid ; : Most of them are completely ruined by the calamity .. . . .-, ' .-.. .,.- ,..,. > " . Those who perished were , Mrs / Heather and two daughters , Mrs . v Grey ,. ¦ ! $ rs ., Thurnbull , ' Sarah Folkes , the whole family of , Mrs . Evaas ^—six in nujpber ; the three daughters of tlie . iebmniander , " jCaptain ' Newby , -and ; the . Misses Augusta" and Iiiitharirie , ' daugh ' tera of -Captain Collins . . ' : ' ' ' The ship and cargo were a total . loss ; valued betu'een £ 20 , 000 and £ 30 , 000 , ;¦ : ' ' ; '
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- THE ATTACK ON THE PIRATES OF : ¦; . .- . : ' . - . BORNEO . ^ . ; . ' ¦ ' : .. The following is an extract fvpm a private letter received from ohc . of the officers engaged in tue Jate affrays with the pirates < &c , at Borneo , and eontains a more graphic account of the aftair than has yet been published : — ' ¦ The fleet , . under the command of Sir Thomas Gochrane , comprising the Agincoiirt , 72 , Vestal , ' 2 G , Doedalus , 20 , Wolverine , 16 , the Vixen steam-sloop , and the Hon . Company ' s steamers the Nemesis and Pluto , started for Borneo ,. from Singapore , in July last / touching at Serawak , and thence" sailed ; for Borneo , where the Sultan , who nominally possesses the . country , lives , . Tin ' s place being situate up a
river , the ships could not get up on account of their great draught of water ,. cqnsequently the only vessels that could go up were the three steamers' Vixen , Nemesis , and Pluto , with the Admiral and all the capi tains , and about 200 marines oh , board . The marines were sent as a guard of honour , but , in the end , proved rather valuablo coadjutors . They were received very civilly by the Sultan , who appeared delighted to see 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 all their ( the English ) throats . " This threat much alarmed the Sultan , who , immediately went to the
Admiral ( Sir . 1 . Gochrane ) to request he would depart if he had any regard for his life . The Admiral , however , not being a man to be frightened at trifles , hwghed at him , much to the perfect astonishment of the Sultan , who concluded instanter 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 aud 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 of tho three steamers , and opened fire upon them , which we ( the English ) lost no time in returning , and , in almost as short a
time as I 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 ns tast . as his legs would carry them . The guns ( brass , and very valuable ) were alt-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 tire and-burnt to the ground . The Sultan appeared mucii pleased at tins , 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 greafc . Two prisoners , or rather men who had been prisoners to a set of pirates , and had made their
escape , were iound here , and , from their information , the Admiral decided upon proceeding with the squadron to the p lace pointed out by them , at the north end of the island ( Borneo ) , to exterminate the pirates , and teach them a lesson as to English punishment for piracy . We arrived there on the 17 th of August last . It was an immense bay , at the liead of which was a large river divided at its mouth into several branches , up one of which tke pirate colony was situate . To all appearance no one would suppose that any human being was ever created there , for as for 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 , whose 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 be 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 of the steamers , so , as a ikmier resort , we were obliged to take to ' the boats , with about 350 seamen and 200 marines ) and see what we could do with them . This was on the ISth of August last , about three p . m ., and , as darkness soon set 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 . In the morning we all roused up , and , about seven a . m . on the 10 th of August last , started up one of the most beautiful rivers I ever-saw . There were a great number of 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 minding an abrupt point we came in full sight of the pirates' position , which consisted of two batteries of eight very heavy guns on each side of the river , in addition to several large brass wall pieces , and other weapons calculated to do a great deal oi' mischief . On coming in sight a tremendous row immediately ensued , calling the garrison to arms , and in two minutes the batteries were swarming with men , armed « la sauvage , with shield and spear . About 200 vards below the batteries was an
immense boom across the river for the purpose of preventing vessels from approaching the town . Having observed'all that was necessary , we pulled hack 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 ) , with carronades on board , were to cover them by their fire during the operation . This being : arranged , off we started . Directly we were seen again a flag of truce was sent out to ua , and after a great deal of palaver tono pwftose , returned to the batteries . In about five minutes it was again sent , but with no better success ; and it had scarcely got back when the enemy opened lice from the three gun batteries , and the action then became general on both sides . The boom was the great obstacle , occupying fifty-five minutes in cutting itaway ; the whole of which time we were under a most galling fire , which killed ten and wounded
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( some of them severely ) fifteen . ! But \ amply _ werc they revenged . ? .-No quarter was given , Or | asked . EveryMalay 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 arid destroyed . all , the . guns , ; and made' in the brief spaceof time— -viz ., of two . hours—what was a flourishin ? town in the morning a perfect desert ; The loss offche enemy was very great . '
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SUICIDE BY- POISON . , . .. On Monday , Mr . ^ Wakley , M . P ., held an ; inquest at the Victoria , Chaltdn ^ street , Somer's-town , upon the body of Miss Mary Anne Hunter , aged 19 , the daughter of Mr . Hunter , printer and publisher , in the said street . ' , , -: . "Mrs . Mary Hunter examined : lam 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 ini thepocket of her gown detected a packet of yellow arsenic ! when I said to her , " Mary Anne , have you taken ' poison ? " she replied , ' Yes , mother , I am tired iif-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 ; aiid eare me a white pojwfewhichl was to
dilute in'half-a-pint of water , and : administer toner every ten ' minutes . ' I did : so , but she got worse . " Dr . Delany being present ^ tlie . ; Coroneivaskcd him what could have induced hini . tp . sell . arsenic , one ot the'deadliest poisons , to ¦ the young girUrrDr . Delariy ' : " ¦ Ikftew-the girl ,: who to ] d mejhat sherequired it'tokill rats ; iiv' : f ¦; , :. ; . / ,. *• ;; . ; v ' .... -. ;• ., ¦ ¦ " Coroner : ' Well * and whei-you understood that she i » pk the poison , how'can you ; account for your , conducVin not having thestbmach pump applied t-rDr . Delariyf'Iseht proper medicines ; to ^ . counteract , the effects ot ' the poison .. , . ' ' -...,., '" Coroner : ' You , might a& wellJtt $ je > pat upon the poor creature : The ' carbenate of jmagnesia only dilutedtKepoison .- Itdid ? not , remain : upon , the stomacli , ' anq tKerefore could not have acted effectiyelj ' upontti ' e' ^ tomaoh ' orpoiaon . , =.. , . .. j ' " Dr . Delany : Ifdeemedit a . trivial case ., . .. ' ' ¦ "Coroner : . What ! -To . take arsenic ; a trivial case .
' ' Dr . Delany : * Yes , sir . jihermbtherio . Ul ' methatXli ' e had ' ' "th ' rbwh'thearsenic irito .: theVfire ,. and therefore I deemed'it'triTial ;^ - ; * ¦ '• • . - -. ' / . v . , .: « .- ' ,,-1 ¦ ¦;< . ; , ; .-,. '¦ . ¦ ,. " ' " c ' Mrs ?' Hunter : iHoWi : OOuH ¦ £ .-. have . . told , you : f ? when ' Psh ^^ ' paper ?• - "" ¦ ¦' -- " ¦ '" ' »;¦ . ,. •;;; ::: ¦ , ; . ; j . . ,- „ ¦ .. . ,. . / -j ,., ' ,-. ,. ; -.-. ' _ ' ' ' Mra . Hunter ' s examinationi-resumed : At night I seht'for Mr ; Roper , surgeQn , 9 f > Pssul 3 ton-3 treet , who attended her until her death , which " took ; place , last Saturday morning ; She had been ill for three years , and for the last three months insane . . She coinf lained of her head ,. and could not sleep at . night . [ er memory so failed her that she could not keep her father ' s accounts , and she appeared melancholy and miserable , i Oh ! sir , she was a good child : if my finger ached ; her heart ached . •/; ¦ '' [' . conceivea nornoie ¦
' Uoroner : XNotnmg can . , pe more thantosellsodeiidly . a poisonjas yellow arsenic to a peraon so . dise . aseQ in ^ mindi' To" sell poison to ' a ra-. tional person is bad enougti , ' but'tb'sell it to ' aii'insane person is unpardonable , rf It isputting in such , a person ' s ' lian ' usVthe'instrumch'tof'death , which she may turn against-herself or others . .. The 'family 'had a mosfcfbrftunafce . eseape . . . ; ..- ,.., ,, : / - ¦ " ' Several jurors :: Indeed th ' ey have had . ' It is ' for ~ innate she did ' notpeison 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 . ' IShe told him that she had bought the poison on Friday ' and took it . " Too much time had elapsed since she took tlie poison' for" the
stomach-pump to ., be serviceable . ' He applied every possible reme dy ^ but she continued to get so bad ; that he called in Dr . Marshall Hall . Her' case was' hope less , and she . sunkgradually \ iritil Saturday , when she died . -. She was sensible , and suffered intensely to the last moment . TJpon ajwst morteni examination , he found visible traces ' of the' action of arsenic upon the stomach , which caused her "death . " ¦ ' : Coroner ( to DrVDelahy )' : ' I ' aincerely trust this will be a caution to you in future . ' ' ' .- ' .-¦ Dr . Delany / . indeed it will ; I will never again get insuchapredicament . ' "" ' ; - The jury having severely censured the practice of medical men and druggists selling poisons indiscriminately or without caution , returned a , yerdiek of —Temporary Insanity . , ' : !; ''
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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 , wag brought befpre"Mr . llushton on a charge of having married four husbands ; allofwhbm are said to be living . The first and second husbands appeared in court , and eyed eachother closely from the . seats iu frohtof the witness box . The third and fourth husbands' were ' nowhere . The novelty of the ease excited great interest , and occasionally , considerable merriment . The ' prisoner did notseem in the
alightestdegre ' e abashed . '• ' _ . .. -. Thomas Conlan , an elderly Irishman , was tlie . first witness . He deposed that he was the .. prisoner ' s father , and that he was at present living in Salthouse-lanG . " I was present , " said he , " at the marriage of the prisoner , Kitty , to aman of the name of Murray "; but Murray , yer"honour , was married at the time to another woman , and none of our i ' amilv , the family of the Conlans , were aware of it . Kitty and he were married in Dublin , in ihe month of September . 1838 . "
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 : yoa are quite right , Kitty , so it was . Murray and herself lived together fora short time in Liverpool after the 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 took 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 , he stands in an awkward position . But is it not said that the prisoner married a third and fourth husband ? Officer Bates : It is ; but I have witnesses only to the first and second marriages in court . She first married Murray , then Daly , then aman 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 he was a bachelor , and , after lie married the prisoner , _ he sent for the female An question to come to him again . In consequence of the prisoner and her -father having both robbed him
Prisoner : Oh , Murray , Murray J you ought to be ashamed of yourself to say such a thing . Murray ( in continuation ) : In consequence of tin ' s he was obliged to leave them , and after an absence from Liverpool for three years , he was compelled to aJJotv the prisoner so much a week to live upon , 'i'he talk about the Becond 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 [ loud laughter ] .-. Pr isoner : I never lived with any man but yourself and Murray , and a pretty pair of fellows I had in you , God knows [ great laughter ] . As for you , Daly , I never wished to 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 been three timea 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 sne has heen married twice is beyond a doubt , bu ^ you , Daly , were perfectly well acquainted with the state of the case when she married you . Daly : Will you keep her from me ? I know not what I shall do in Ihe town if she is let loose . Mr . Rushton : It'is one of the consequences of your vices .. You had better take care Murray , what you are about . Murray : I know well what Iani about sir ; she is my only wife . The prisoner was then discharged .
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_ , ^ v ~~~~ " - — - ' ¦ * "' ¦ ***¦ " * " What Next ? -We have written upon pap « Stas's ^ S " ^^ Journal .- . . . - , ; ., , ¦ .. ¦ ^ S ^ S ' olS ' SB ^ S rated " as slaves . - ¦ ¦ ., ' vu m Castor 0 « ,.-It is important . to dJ ^ WJ know that castor oil may be mostedyWn mingled with orange juice—a little sugar being aauea to t ^ juice , if tho -orange . . be-not "pe ^ nd sweet . The difference between this and any other mode Ot takihg this valuable medicine is surprising .. Workmen
: The Gosport Fortifications . — are employed upon the . "Gosport-fortificationsi . putting them in a state for efficient defence . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ The Bibth Place ' \ mViSnt Waltjib ; Scon , m College Wynd , Edinburgh , is now a public house . Emctbo-maosehsu . — A Mr . lUcharOVhi g'Iias invented a mode of applying electro-magnetism *» 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 Jksiis'Ghrist !—Chas . Goddard , D D Sub-dean of Eimiohv jGatliedvaVhas directed the officers riot to adlbit'tb' /' th ' e stalker pews an ? person who has' ; nbt'V' > hechafacte ' r- offl ? gentleman . More Hosobrbp ^ ih ' . ' . ' tbb JOb s ^ Sce than in the BflEACir ' -In , the \ davs of' William . Ill , the 6 Bit at
House of CoDimons . ! . wa » . ^ stpmed ;; t - nine o ' clock in the morning . ' - '' 'S ' - ' - ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' , ^ Encroachment of the Sea . —The Bea on the coast of Kent is making continual encroachments oa the beach . ' To -the farm houso called / Hjimpton hill , which lately disappeared , is to be adaeirthe destruc * tion and' disappearance . of . the ^ field . ebntaining _ the
old footway-in thedistrict ot Stuanui , atswaiecune . ' The largest ¦ newspaper ever- seen : was , the London Gazette ' of Tuesday Nov . 18 th , which . ; consiated of riot lessVthah seventy-three sheets ; ef 5 paper , each sheet'bearing the usual penny stamp , ? < , Woriht or Imitation . — " £ 70 ff and upwards have been subscribed alt Cheltenham for the purpose of nflbrdingretuge for destitute females ; -The Cheltenham Journal . s ' ays . " the . carrying out oi this benevolent scheme is thiis ' a matter of certainty . - ' ¦¦¦ - •
' ¦ -Tub ' Maim . —It is said that" the Government has orderciclothing . forlO . OOO militidmen ; and io the metropolis , jn ;" cir 6 les likely to be well informed , it is' ¦ admitted : that the ihiJitia ' papers'have been in readiness ' sorpe tinie , and that the " embodiment of a strong corps-of militiamen only awaits ithe sanction oi the ' Queenand [ P . ariiamenti ' ~^«^ . ^ Mn »« i . ' BMiNoiiAM METAi / VMARKEX-rThf Birmingham metal market has -been tolerably , brisk duruig tha
last week or two . viBlock tin has i adv . anced in price fully £ 10 per ton within the current month , and , from the continued scarcity , a furthgr rise may be expected ; - Copperremains finnvvith a fair demand . Tin plates are very dull ,. and . are , , quoted at S 3 s . to 3 Cs . per box for I . C . r . ...,.. ;> , [ Di ; ATHFnouTHEBiTBopASpiDBB . rr-An American paper records a circumstance of .-a > woman dying , after fourteen days' illness , from the / bite of a spider on the lip . ' " : j : - - - ; i - ^
Tub Poiaioe Crop . — 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 asrubbiah , and some = hundred ot tons ill warehouse have been , 'and -are , in the course of being utterly spoiled by . the rot ; '¦ ' ¦> Thb Lord "" ' Chakoblmr . —On' Sunday accjjunte wero Teceived from Turville Park , Bucks ; -giving the statement ' that' Lord Lyndhurst was rapidly advancing to convalescence . . t' ~ x ' ' ¦ ¦ Miss BuRDEir Coutts / wIio . has been on a visiting tour in Scotland , before leaving Edinburgh , transmitted toithe Lord . Provost £ 100 for the beueh ' t of thepoor * .., - > . -., | . J " . ' ' . "" , ' The Durb of Suthsriand has , at length , agreed to accommodate the Freo . Churcli . with sites for the building of churches , on his estates in Sutherland .
Incendiarism in England . —Incendiarism is again , manifesting itself in Berkshire . A serious fire occurred last week at Wantage , v ; , Gketna Ghees ' . — All " young ;' men and maidena who wish to follow the example of' Captain Ibbetsoa and . Lady Adela Yilliers , must decide speedily , for ,, by a recent act , all marriages similar to that recently performed at 'Greta 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 tona of nutmegs , which , being the produce of Dutch colonies , are inadmissible for hpme ' cpnsuinption ; They will therefore be sent to the . CiXpe ' of Good Hope , and then re-shipped for this country as B r itish colonial produce ! ' ¦ ' .-.. "flHft . \
'Irish Amusement . — ^ A fiction fight between the Caseys and Carraghroes-took place a i ' ew . dayji ago , at Oloondora , when three men were left tor dead . Commissioner of Bankrupts . —The Lord Chancellor lias appointed Mr ; Burge ( the Queen ' s Counsel , and formerly Attorney-General of Jamaica ) , to the Commissionership of Bankruptcy , vacant by the death of Mr . Boteler . : ' Tjik LiuuxKNiKr Phillfotts , ' who was killed ia New Zealand , was the Bishop of Exeter ' s son . Deptfokd Docktaiud . — Sixty hired shipwrights and twenty aawyera hare been entered at Dcpttbrd Dockyard , tocoHinlete theshipsthere .
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TIIE CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE ON THE ROYAL CANAL , IRELAND . Tne proceedings '' ait ' tlie inquest on the fifteen persons drowned in'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 visitors examine ing the bodies—a , s many persons had come 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 tho 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 namesuppposed 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 Ruesky . . A Mrs . Beatty , ^ Yho was going to Leitrim , had a most miraculous escape , and gives a fearful account of the accident'iiSSf jjdulligau ( lost ); lived somewhere about- ^ ongfp ^ k ^ yas returning ironi Boston , in ^ AiH | Hpj ; -w ^ Mm had gone to bring home her daiigtt {^| , «! B ^^) ung girl , who was saved by thecoiifa ^ prtdliulSMity ' of Jessop , a private belonging to th ^^ fiffiussS irej ^ -fine fellow , of undaunted courage ) Wh ^ aved t ' wo . ° or . "t ) iree livea with his own haffite , and forijjhich tiio ' company has rewarded him in a handsoniB / inaniier .- Coffins were provided for all Jhe bodies / atid some , of those recognised were taken away by their friends in the course of the 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 » U expense ; the company would , make good any loss or damage sustained by the passengers , send them home free and give to each of theni ; £ 1 in addition to their oxpeuao and lusa . 'X'o Joooop tlicj ,, uukl § i , x . M < f , and make good his loss , and also recommend him strongly to his colonel . In fact , nothing should be left undone by the company to make every preparation they could , and as to the property which was now in possession of 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 of the property or claims to it hereafter- by tha representatives of the deceased parties .
Tho examination of-witnesses was then proceeded with . After about half-an-hour's consultation , the jury returned the following verdict : — " We find that the said Edward Rutledge , Thomas Bannon , Michael Moran , and Catharine Mulligan , with four men whose r . ames are unknown , and five women whose names are unknown , and two children whose names are unknown , camo by their deaths by being suffocated and-drowned in the " passage-boafc Longford , in the Royal Canal , near Ckmsilla-bridge aforesaid ,-on Tuesday , 25 th November , 1845 , and that it . was in some measure occasioned by the lect of the master
neg , Christopher O'Connor , the steersman , James Dunne , and the very culpable neglect of Patrick Teeling . ra free passenger ; and we further find , that the upsetting of the said boat- 'was occasioned by the most gross negligence of the said Patrick Teeling after thehelm was given iu his charge by the said James Dunne : and we further find the said Patrick Teeling guilty of manslaughter . Y / e also further ^ find a great want of caution in the existing regulations concerning the construction of the passage boats , the regulation of tho number of passengers to be carried , and the duties of the crew ; and we further find a deodand on the said boat of £ 100 sterling . "
The coroner then made out his warrant , and com mitted Teeiing for trial at the commission for man slaughter .
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The iooty . faken in Scisde by the troops under the command of Major-General Sir Charles Napier , in 1843 , amounting to half a million sterling , is to be divided amongst the captors . The stamp duty paid into the Bank of England on account ol the bullion and treasure amounted to upwards of £ 21 s QQ 0 . ^ crv— . ¦ ¦ s . ¦ • - < . . »¦ «< . ¦ ,
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Holiowats Oxxtment- ' and Pills . —Mr . Samuel Coudy , a carpenter and builder , residing at No . 'U Houghton-street , Clare-market , was on the 21 st " oi ' Mober last , admitted a patient , with three dread- f ful ulcers on the back part of his neck , at King ' s } ColJege Hospital , and continued so up to the Sith oi' March last , when he was discharged as incurable . % tie has , however , been radically cured , in a very S sdortspacc-of time , by the above invaluable medi- R sines . This is another proof that any wound or ulcer , | j however dangerous , may with certainty- be cured by j ; their means , when every other means have failed . . ¦ . ')*
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1344/page/7/
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