Star. — London, England, 1825-10-13 00:00:00

~•;1'1'.1JN CL4PPERTOYS TRAVELS IN In the absence of the details and the results of the tee journey of discovery into Northern Central Africa, ...on the proper channel, we are enabled, from a sure son e of information, to lay before our Readers the bllowing important particulars regarding Clapperton's Ziscovay. From the information which he obtained, he considers it entail that the mighty Niger terminates ;n the Atlantic Ocean, in the Bights of Benin and Bi a f r a: Sockatoo, the capital of a considerable State, an d at.ohich place he turned back, is situated in 12 d eg rees N. lat. and in about sevt a degrees East long. nri upon a river which Haws West by it, into the Joliba : t l le Niger) of Mr. Para, distant about forty miles from f ie city mentioned. The inhabitants of Sockatoo told I, l ;er Clapperton that they traded up the Joliba with riarbuctoo, and down it with the Europeans who fre quented tic sea coasts-at the months of the river. Upon tur ning to a map of Af, ica, the Reader will perceive f fra Sockatoo is about 4.00 mil-s from Timbuctoo 550 miles from the mouth of the II•o de Formosa, very D err &Ansa, whete Park lost his life, and within a short distaucc of the position, as neatly as it call be laid down, tithe great city of Wassanah, mentioned to Captain fine!, by Sidi liamet. We have heard of other curious pvticulars, but those are of minor importance, and sink into insignificance before the great point mentioned and determined. his Kith consider able satisfaction we are enabled also to state, that, by the activity and attention of the Co lo,aal Office, Major Laing was furnished with an ab runt of Major Clapperton's important discoveries to guide him in bis researches and his journey, and that this abstract reached him a few days before he left is by this time at or near Timbuctoo, and has taken with him four or five carpenters, blacks, from the United States co! America, in order to assist in building vt,A (of sufficient strength to pass rapids in safety) a•Airr,buctoo, in which he means to descend the Niger t.t: e sea. The period ri the year and the state of his 1,:..:th ate such as leave the most sanguine hopes of his early and his complete success. It is calculated that he night be in the Bight of Benin by the month of March test; Lat, takirg into account the delay and difficulty of travtalling, in Africa, whether by land or by water, vie thhik this period too early. It is oa ly necessary to unfold a map of Africa, to perceive (Lc commanding position of the Island of Fel.- 'undo Po, and to appreciate its value, whether as a station to suppress the slave trade, or a point and for um from which to commence and to protect all our Rule operations in Africa, whether these be commer cial or foliticaL It is besides a very healthy and fer spca, and on this acccuat alone ought to claim a tirciiied preference over all our present ill chosen and ricVy stations on the coast of Africa ; but when we nice hurt accouitt the commanding geog raphical posi -114, commanding alike for every purpose, Fernando l'u sinks every other place on the coast of Africa into insignificance. No efforts of Europeans can ever over cuthe tlle pestilential swamps and dens of disease which abound in Sierra Leone and the Gambia. From the teiglihourhood of the former ( Bulama) came that fearful feta called the Yellow Fever, which ravaged the West ladies and the United States with death. The terrific accounts lately received from Sierra Leone, thew that these shores are not become more pluti:ious, and the fatal fever which the crew of his Alfjesty's ship BANN contracted there some time ago, Ind which neither medical .kill nor change of climate could subdue, imperiously calls upon this country to re mole her African head•quarters to a spot more healthy. )or is the suite of matters better at the Gambia. The Chaddock (late Brownrigg), which arrived at Coat , . on Wednesday last, lost her master and all her cu in that river. Another master and crew were pro cured with difficulty to bring the vessel home. Let us 'roe these worthless places to the savages who sur roel.l them, and plant ourselves on the healthy spot, ;Lich commands the trade of all Northern Central Atric3.--filasgow Courier. The Adelphi Theatre has on each night displayed Ireland Pitt Full," at the respective doors. tracron bids fair to rival Tom an/ Jerry. Likud NARVAILZ, who has lately arrived in town frun Bogota, is the bearer of the counterpart of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between this Country nil Colombia. The first copy of this Treaty was ' , fought to this country, some time since, by Colonel BArin.rox, the British Commissioner who concluded R. The counterpart, now arrived, is for the use of Mr. Beer ADO, the Colombian Minister. Colonel NARVAE3 13 are of 11. e oldest officers in the Colombian service. He is of An al s Citli and respectable Spanish family, his fairer havin g peen a Lieutenant-General in the Spanish He intends, after making a short stay in Eng returnirig to Bogota, to resume his seat in the 'Senate of Colombia, of which he is a Member. Yesterday the Burgesses of Westminster held a Court Leer is the Guildhall of Westminster. Mr. ROBSON, l '.eDepUty, presided for Lcrd SIDMOUTH, the High N , nratcl of Westmin ster . Th e c hi e f b us i ness o f t h e Loon was the disposal of those cases where persons kad been summoned for not attending Juries, &c. 1 :1 question regarding tee pulling down of Todull Plilds Prison and the erection of a new one for West- 1 rr,:nster, will be brought forward at the next S.sstort fo.r the City and Liberties of Westminster. e regret to find from the provincial journals, as well ',om some communications which have reached us ft'xn different parts of Ireland, that symptoms . of out. a ge are b eginning to manifest themselves in various 92 ": e's. Some instances of this kind will be found detailed in another place. These, coupled with the accounts already published in the Evening Post, would serve to prove, not indeed that there is any combing. 17' but that there is a spirit among the peasantry, wartn will require on the part of the Government, and of the local authorities, measures the most prompt, as well as_ the m ost unremitting vigilance. The state of the farming an d landed interest being so prosperous, and the Moe crop having turned out very nearly an average. one , we do not appre h en d t hat these symptoms will eventeate in anything more than the ordinary this et offences with which this country has been pe riodically visited. The farmers and landlords (such of the latter as happen to be resident) ss ill, no doubt, act part different from that which they pursued in the *inter of 18 2142. The former are able to pay their Len ts, and th e l atter are in the receipt of their income. l ere is al so a to l erably e ell organized police ; and in n short, the machine of the local administration ss orks ken ease and smoot h ness. W e repeat i t, t h en, t h at rave no apprehensions for the general peace of the iu:ery du : Ing t!le approaching w inter; but aciivity, " will be indivensable.—Dubiirs Evening Post. CLEKKEivIVELL CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Yesterday evening the Committee and friends of the above excellent Institution held their tenth anniversary, in the Committee-room of St. James's workhouse, the Rev. Mr. Shephard, A.M. in the chair. The Rev. CHAIRMAN observed, that the Institution had encountered opposition in some countries, owing to political convulsions, but notwithstanding this dis couraging circumstance, upon the whole they had cause to rejoice. The Reverend Gentleman concluded an able address, by invoking the DIVINE blessing on the parent Society, of which this was an auxiliary. The Rev. Mr. SMART, the Secretary, read the Report, by which it appeared that the sum of 2271. 2s. mod. had been contributed this year, 1171. of which were con tributed by the Ladies' Committee—(Applause),— making a general increase this year of 831.65. and since the f ,, rmation of the Society, the funds of the parent Institution had received from this branch the sum of 1,6621. 2s. 2d.—( Applause.) Rev. R. MiLsE, the Curate of the parish of Clerken well, took a view of the importance of missionary err ertions. It was the dying command of the SAVIOUR of Mank'nd, 44 Go forth into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." This command was given nearly two thousand years ago, and yet two-thirds of the inhabitants of the earth had never heard the sound of his name. The speaker, in conclusion, ex horted the youth that were present to reflect on the honour of going forth as Missionaries, and implored them to say, " Hew I am, send me." He then pro posed that "the Report be received and printed under the direction.of the Committee." The Rev. EDWARD BIC/CIRSTRTH, Secretary to the parent Society, mentioned several proofs of the so ciety's success. As to its funds, they had amounted last year to 45,0001. chiefly owing to associations. From a small village in Wales, where be scarcely thought they could collect 51. in ten years, he lately received a letter from the clergyman of the parish, inclosing 500/. for the Society. The letter stated, that the money was thus tranferred while the donor was alive, because this would not only save the legacy duty of ten per cent, but also put it out of the power of any litigation amongst executors or lawyers, if his will shnuld be informally worded, as often happens to men. An anonymous cor respondent also sent them 501. and a Lady in the Noah, who seemed to live only in a moderate sphere, lately gave, in two donations, the sum of 1,0001. to their Missionary Institution. But while mentioning the larSunty of the rich, he must not omit the mite of the poor. Half their income (great as that was) flowed from the pence of the poor. He then noticed the pa tronage of the Society. It now could number six Bishops on its list of patrons, and the Bishop of London every year ordains their Missionaries. In India ) there is now above 10,000 native female children receiving Christian instruction ; though the prejudice at first was so strong, that Miss Cooke was obliged to enter into a bond, that she would not sell the children for slaves (the only purpose which the parents could imagine in the pains taken to educate them). The state of females there is dreadful ; a British officer saw one of the women take her infant female child in a boat, on the Ganger, and watch until an alligator came near, when she in stantly threw the babe into the water, and actually into the very jaws of the monster. Eight hundred widows were burned on the funeral pile of their hu.bands dur ing one year. But it was pleasing to turn to the efforts of Christians. The good Bishop of Calcutta lately ad ministered the Lord's Supper (using the Hindostannee language) to the converts, and afterwards confirmed a hundred and fifty of them according to the rites of the Established Church. In Persia, the labours of Henry Martyn have been blessed, and the Persians at Shiraz acknowledged to Mr. Wolf, that Mr. Martyn was never "convicted or beat in his argu ment." In all these, GOD Is calling us to a great work, and will ultimately and abundantly give us his blessing. The Rev. Professor Us, of Cambridge, recommended the Mis. sionary Seminary ;at Islington, as well calculated to develope and form the character of Missionaries. More was requisite for a Mis sionary than we are apt to imagine. They should be learned as well as pious, because they will have to encounter the Mahommedan and the Hindoo, who are generally men of eaceeding subtlety and extensive erudition. It was desirable to teach the languages of Hindostan before we sent out Missionaries abroad. Dr. Carey took twelve months to learn even putting syllables together in the Sanscrit language, because his native teacher knew scarcely any English, and the Doctor as little of Hindostannee. Now, how ever, we find that six months are suScient to make a man ac. quainted with the Sanserit in this country, where we have access to the best books, and ample sources of information. SAMUEL BIA4XDULItt, Esq. the Rev. Mr. LATELY (Missionary to India), and several other Gentlemen, addressed the Meeting, which, after thanks were voted to the Chairman, was absolved. Mr. BAYLAY has announced his determination to stand the poll for Taunton. BETHL 21.1 HOSPITALe—A commodious Chapel is about to be opened in this Hospital. It has been found, after some years of strict probation, that in every large community of Lunatics a considerable number will always be found susceptible of religious consolations, as well as competent to the duties of social worship. NONATTENDANCE OF ALDERMEN.—On Tuesday a Court of Aldermen could not be made until half-past two o'clock, although it was appointed for one, in con sequence of the absence of the Aldermen, to compel whose attendance there is unfortunately no fine. In consequence of the great inconvenience arising from the nun-attendance of the Aldermen some years ago, it oac agreed amongst them that the fine of a guinea should be inflicted for every breach of punctuality on occasions of the kind ; and this regulation had for a time the effect of doing away the very frequent neglect or abandonment of duty. DEAL AND DOVER BOA 'MICH.—A case of very great importance to the Boatmen on our coast was lately de cided in the Cinque Ports Admiralty Court, by the Surrogate, JOHN SHEPDEN, Esq. The ship Cadiz Packet, bound trom Ostend to Batavia, laden with linen, flax, and other articles, lately struck on the Goodwin Sands, and went to pieces. Considerable quantities of the linen, which is subject to high duties, were saved by the Deal and Ramsgate Boatmen, and the cause came be fore the Court as one of derelict, subject to proof and claim of property by the owners, and to the Boatmen's claim for salvage. After due proof of the property, and risk attending the salvors' services, the Surrogate decreed that a Commission of Appra.sement should issue to value the whole of the salved .property, free of and without any reerence to the Customs' duty, and upon the telurn r f the Commission, decreed that the salvage charges shouli be deducted from the appraised value, and so much of the property sold free of duty as would produce rhe amount of such charges, and two-fifths of the appraised value, after deducting the same, such two-fifths to be divided among.the salvors in reference to their respective proportions of the• pro perty saved. TIE ARMY. After tbt embarkation of the 99th Foot for the hfauritius, the Depot-companies of that Regiment are to march from Portsmouth for hianchester. The Depots of the 40th and 82d Regiments of Foot marched on the 10th inst. from Chatham fur Colchester. ----- Detachments belonging to the lith, 23d, 43d, 64th, and 94th Regiments of Infantry, disembarked from on board the Express transport, on the Bth inst. at Devonport, from Gibraltar. Detachments of Invalids belonging to the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, the 2d Battalion of the Royals, the 50th, 46th, 69th, and 89th Regiments of Foot, arrived on board the Portland, on the 11th instant, front Madras, and disembarkpd at Graves- end, on route to Chatham. ATTEMPT 10 POISON. We have before had a paragraph on the subject of the following narrative, from the Essex Herald, but not so full nor explanatory:— The Bench of Magistrates assembled at the Shire hall, on Friday last, had a case before them of this lamentable description, as interesting as it was extra ordinary; and which occupied their attention for several hours: the circumstances related, as far as we could collect them, were as follows John Hurrell, who resides at a farm called Calvert., in Boreham, had occasion to use some arsenic for the destruction of rats, which he cat efully put into a cup and locked in his bureau. On the Ist instant, Mr. Hurrell u.ed a part of this arsenic, in the presence of a gill named Eliza Philbrook, about 15 years of age, who, it was noticed, read the word poison, which was legibly printed upon the packet; after which Mr. H.orrell replaced it in his bureau, locked it, and put the key in his pocket. On the day following, Sunday, Mrs. Hurrell, who is in a very forward state of pregnancy, and in a very poor state of health, on her return from Meeting, spoke e in the presence of tl.e girl, of the woman who had recently destroyed herself at Witham, by taking oxalic acid. On Monday morning, Mr. Hurrell put s ,, me tea into the pot, and desired the girl to add a sufficient quantity of water, and carry it to her mistress, who with a little girl were up stairs, which she did, and the tea-pot was again brought down for the use of Mr. Hurrell, who, on attempting to put in water, observed something white on the leaves ; it excited his attention, and in duced him to taste, which being so extraordinary, he became alarmed. About this time Mrs. Hurrell had begun to feel the effects of that which afterwards proved tis be poison, and which providentially caused a violent sickness. It struck Mr. Hurrell to look for the poison, and on going to the bureau, it was missing; this con firmed him in his suspicions, and he instantly dic patched a little boy, about nine years of age, named Charles Choat, for some castor oil, as the best antidote he could at the instant suggest; but this little urchin, not understanding the importance of his mission, re mained so long, that Mr. Hunch' himself ran to the shop, and there found the boy, apparently unconcerned, fitting on a smockfrock, a delay which was afterwards not unfairly construed, other circumstances connected, as a proof that he was an accessary to the attempt to poison. Mrs. Hurrell, as soon as her state would allow, taxed the girl with putting the arsenic into the tea-pot, promising her, that if she confessed, she would forgive her, when she related, that although she knew the powder would poistin rats, she did not know that it would poison her mistress; that she put into the tea pot, two pinches taken between her finger and thumb (supposed about a tea-spoon full). How she got the poison out of the bureau was not clearly shewn. After this confession Mr. Hurrell desired one of his men to take her to her parents (very industrious people who reside at Latchiogdon), directing the man to call upon Mr. Barnes, and deliver a note explaining the circum stance. At this tune Mrs. Hurrell continued in a very alarming state, and the little girl was also much affected. Mrs. Hurrell has had every medical assistance, but some fears are entertained under all circumstances of her doing well. John Perkins, a labourer, who, from his apparent stupidity or unwilling manner, gave the Honourable Chairman strong reasons for expressing his doubts whether he dare " turn round and look an ho nest man in the face," but Perkins proved the contrary, and, as though enlightened by that circumstance, related with much less ambiguity than heretofore, that which, had it been true, would have criminated tile boy Choat, who, the girl declared, was worse than herself, as he put her in mind of poisoning her master and mistress, having said that " he wished he could get at the stuff (meaning the poison) and he would give his master and mistress a d—d good dose." Charles Choat, who ap peared a very interesting thild, and who spoke in a tone and manner which had more the appearance of truth than falsehood, denied what the girl had said; and re lated, that Eliza Philbrook asked him what would be the consequence if either master or mistress died? that she shewed him the powder in the pot, but he was not aware that it was poison ; that after she had put the water in• the pot on the Monday morning, she made an attempt to go to the kitchen door to empty it, but on observing her master, she exclaimed, " Lord, there is my master r that he slid not know but what it was whitening in the rot, scraped from the wall by setting the tea-pot against it; and as to his not making haste from the shop, he did not understand that it was neces. sary. Mr. W. Baker, Chemist, at Chelmsford, and his assistant, Mr. Smith, proved that there was a quantity of arsenic in the water poured from the tea leaves, but which leaves had not undergone the same test, hich the Court requested might be made. Elias Philbrook had upon her examination made a confession, that she had been guilty of putting the poison into the pot, and persisted in the boy Choat being accessary before the fact ; that she shewed the little girl the powder in the pot, (who, upon being called, acknowledged that cir cumstance,) but the appeared so ignorant of the tribu nal before which she has yet to appear, not even under standing what was meant by her trial, that it was thought best not to allow her to sign what she had con fessed. On her way to the Shire-hall she asked the matron of the gaol whether she thought she should be hung ? The boy Choat was released, and the girl com mitted for the felony, to take her trial at the next Assizes. The Cow t was crowded to excess. H. A LIMA NDER, Esq. has been canvassing Barnstaple. The common hand-weavers in Lancashire are getting from seven to ten shillingsa week. The silk weavers are making from nine to even tbirty shillings a week, according to the suture of the work; but then they have frequently to stand three or four weeks for want of wOrk or for shoot. Power-loons we-avers, pencils who manage the looms which are worked by steam, get from lits.to 15.. a week, and those who are Allowed to attend three looms will make a pound. Women can do this work. Power-loom &meta make about 30s. a week. Spinners, iu some instances, rather mote, and cotton printers considerably more. The farmers' labourers in the viciany of manufacturing towns are better off than in other dis tricts. Their wages appear to be about 91. a week for the winter qearter, and 12s. all the rest of the year. Daring harvest time they 'mike something more. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STONE RAVES--Wamresaay. Sweepstakes of Sp.oach, p.p. with.ls added, for keens sot tho roughbred. 12 Subscribers. Two mile beats Mr. Deakin's eh. b. Cock Robin Mr. Booth's ch. g. Pantagreel 2 1 1 1 1 2 Mr. Yates's gory arid Mr. Wakefield's Governess were nut placed. A very fine race. A Match for 50 sow. Mr. H. Toralinson's b. h. St. David . . 1 Mr. John Tornlinsoa's bl. h. Sir Watkin . 2 The Publicans' Purse of 50 sov. for horses of all ages, not thorough Two mile heats. Mr. Cbawner's br. m. Sportly Mr. Wakefield's br. nu Governess V t 1 . 1• 1 0 Mr. Aston's b. g. Mr. Deakin's ch. g. Mr. Tornlinson's bi. m. Mt. Potty's br. g. Mr. Burton's br. b. Mr. Booth's ch. g. and Mr. Timmies b. w. were not placed. Governess won the first heat in fine style ; she swerved in the second heat, and ran inside a post, consequently she was adjudged to be distanced. A Match for 50 soy. Mile heats. Mr. Boreham's gr.'s. Resolute Mr. Stevenson's br. m. Chance A very superior race. COVENTRY RACES—Ocroszu 3. A Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, 15 subscribers. One mile. Mr. Petre s Irvin, 3 yrs Mr. Dewe's Bang-up, 5 yrs Mr. Webster's Brook, 5 yrs Three othets started. Match for 50 soy. Half a mile. _ _ _ Mr. Petre's Doctor Captain Moore's Schedoni Sweepstakes of 15 sot. each. (6 Subscribers). Mr. Hyde's ch. m. Dandyzette, syn . 1 1 Mr. Webster's Brook . . • 2 2 Ur. Hamilton's Irvin . 3 bolt • Match for 50 sovereigns. . Mr.-Williams's Rattler . 1 Mr. Dewe's Crib • 2 • PERTH RACES—Tnuasomr. Sweepstakes of Twenty Sovereigns each. Two rniles. Sir D. Moncrieffe's g. c. Benvorlich . walked over A Plate or x5O given by the City of Perth. Three mile heats. Lord Kennedy's North Briton, 4 yrs old 1 1 Sir D. Blonctieffe's g. c. Beovorlkh, 3 yrs old : 2 dr A Plate of £5O. Two mile heats. Mr. Quarton's b. c. by Ardrogan, 3 yrs old Mr. Fraser of Lovat's g. c. Richmond, 4 yrs old . 2 dr Mr. F.arquharson's c. It. North Star, S yrs old . 3 2 Mr. Grant's g. c. John Gray, S yrs old, distanced . fell The sports of the day concluded with an excellent boat race. 1 1 IRIDAY. A Sweepstakes of Ten Sovereigns each, with 50 Sovereigns added by Sir David Moncrieffe. Twice round. Lord Kennedy's c. h. Skiff, 4 yrs old - 1 Mr. Maule's Ledstone, aged 2 A Plate of Fifty Pound% for the beaten hones of the week.— Heats, twice round. 1 1 Mr. Fraser of Lovat's g. e. Richmond Sir D. Moncrieffes g. c. Benvorlich 2 2 Mr. Grant's g. c. John Gray . . bolted MATCH.—Sir D. bloncrleffe's b. C. Liverpool, apt Mr. Mhole's ch. c. 'Pommy—loo soy. each, h. ft. Sst. each. Two miles. Off. PEDESTRIANISM. Skipper, the pedestrian, has given up his undertaking. lie con tinued his task for twelve days, but in the last two or three he ap peared much distressed, and was obliged to give in, after having walked 636 miles. SPARRING. The Tennis Court, in Windmill•street, yesterday, was the at traction of the Prize Ring, the Fives' Court being in a very dila pidated state. The muster was for the benefit of Israel Belasco.— The sets-to were hardly worth notice. Gybktt, the loser of Tuesday's fight, 'hewed with symptoms of warfare about the head, and his hands were lame. Robin's head, according to the words of a bulletin, was so much ruddessyled that be could not .hew; besides he must have had a guide. THE BIRTH-PLACE. OF BONAPARTE. AJACCIO.—The general plan of the town is very siss pie. One broad street leads from the sea to the bar racks; another nearly as wide, but much shorter, cuts the former at right angles ; besides these, there are many subordinate streets, extremely narrow and dirty. The house in which Napoleon Bonaparte was born is among the best in the town : it forms one side of miserable little court, leading out of the Rue Charles. It is very accurately given in the recent work of Las , Case;. At present it is inhabited by M. Itamoulino, one of the Deputies for the Department of Corsica.— Among other curiosities which this residence contaips, is a little cannon that was the favourite plaything of Bonaparte's childhood. It weighs, according to M. Joly de Vaubignon, thirty French pounds. This toy cannon may have given the first bias to his disposition. As Ajaccio was his birthplace, so was it the scene of . his first military exploit. In the year 1793, Bona. parte, then Chef de Battalion of National Guards, was sent from Bastia to surprise Ajaccio, at that time in possession of the Corsican rebels. Leaving the fr iga'e in which he had entered the Gulf, he headed fifty men, and put off to take possession of the Torre di Capitello, a tower on the opposite side, nearly facing Ajaccio. No sooner was this point carried than a dreadful tempest arose, which rendered it impossible to return to the fri gate; he was forced, therefore, to fortify himself against the insurgents, who assailed him on all sides ; a state of great danger tnsued, and he was even reduced to feed on horse flesh ; whilst in this condition, he is said to have harangued the rebels in that strain of empbatical eloquence which prevails amongst the Corsican , , and to have succeeded in gaining over many of the opposite party. On the fourth day, before he abandoned the tower, he attempted to blow it up, without success. The fissures, still app ar en t in the tower, are attributable to that attempt.— B enson's Sketches of Corsica. Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTIE, who has lately succeeded to a title, has announced himself a Candidate for Hampshire, on the resignation of Mr. humus An Inquest w'as held yesterday at the Perseverance. William-greet, Somers' Town, on the body of William Williams, a youth, who was suffocated by sleeping upon one of the brick-kilns in the Hampstead-road. The unfortunpte deceased, in nearly a starving condi tion, took refuge , during the inclemenc ies of the night of Saturday last, upon the brick-hurdles, close to the burning kilns, and made an agreement with a compa nion to watch by turns the changing of the wind, as, if it veered to the leeward, or over the part where they slept, most inevitably they would be suffocated. He went to sleep, and his companion,becoming exhausted from the heavy rains, removed under a hurdle, fell asleep, and, on awaking, found his wretched companion lifeless. He informed the brickmakers, and the dead body was removed to the public-house. A verdict of 4 , Died from Suffocation" was returned. Another inquest was held at the Lord Nelson, in the Kent-road, on the body of a new-Loin infant that had been found buried in a field at the back of Thii z a . place, opposite the above home. The Surgeon said there was no doubt the child had breathed fteely—... perhaps was twelve hours oid ; proper care of it bad not been taken, but there were, no marks of violence, and he 'Wetted from the body being clean, that the child was ,dead before it WAS left in the field. Yenisei Found Dead." 2 1 1 1 2 2