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AwrUL ALTERNATIVE.—The. last will of a 4neer old
miser, who, has just djed, is much talked of at Vienna.
He cut off all his nearest relatives, and made a very
distant one, an extremely handsome young girl, sole
heiress of his considerable property. So far there is
nothing extraordinary : but there is a condition added
to it. The testator was a hunchback, and had a club-
' foot, which defecti probably had obstructed many
attempts of his to marry. He has made it, therefore,
.a conolition,, sine qua non that the heiress is to get the,
property only when sliF marries a man shaped at he was.
She is, besides, to live in a convent three months in each
year to Pray for his soul. 'The heirs-at law have
attacked this odd last will On the plea that when it was
made the testator must evidently have been mad. As
there is, hoWaver, AO equity jurisdiction in Austria,
they may find their task not an easy one.
POOlt-RATES AND PAUPERISM.---The comparative
statement of paupers in receipt of relief ,has been
just issued by the Poor-law Board, and contains an
account of •the ,number of indoor and outdoor paupers
in England and \Vales who received relief during each
week of the month of January, 1860. The returns
are most encouraging, and eihibit 4 large decrease
of pauperisra as -Compared with 'correspondingperiod off last, feat. tlae,i purpose of 'Ale ,`returns
the bdtijtry is ::divided =into eleveriAistiiets,
containing in the aggregate 14,714 parishes, from
all of whiCh, with the eXception of 446iiicopg,
.1-404444ec n4etvB Act, er.th'e Prorsioni of the 43rd
Elizabeth, returns are received weekly, The population
being estimated according to i the census of 1851 at
17,670,935, it appears that the number of persons in
receipt of relief in the last week in January was 832,362,
or about 1 in every 21 of the whole population of Eng-
land and Wales ; but this figure is manifeqtly. fP,OL
when the' inFrfa.ye'of pop4lation since the last census is
taken into coandeiaton; The corresponding figures
for last year are 872.09, showing a decrease for the
present year of 40,097. The following figures will
show the, amount of pauperism, both in and out of
door, 'relieved weekly during January, 1859 and 180
7 10(A.
Fir t weplt . . . §o4„ .. . . 44464 ,
SeOnd weelE. 8540, 95 .. : v 8,191 ,
Third week . : . asd,iaq . : . 829„q9,7
fourth week . 87(1,3211 •• • • 841485 -f
Fifth woPk ,• , $74,494 . . .842,462
' Although the above table of 1860 shows a great decrease
as compared with the year 1869, a progressive increase
in each week is unfortunately observable, but, compar-
ing it'with the table of 1859,' we see the same increase
towards the end of the month, thereby suggesting that
the increase ~of,,the present, year is 110 t, 44e. to any
nndue or e.;,.ceptienai icii.esstir hilt , Ordinary course
14f denfs.
HOAXES.—What is a hoax ? Is it a suc-
cessful attempt to dedeiie, without any motive but fun ?
This would throW out a very famous instance, De Foe'S
story of the apparition of Mrs. Veal, written to sell
Drelineonrt on Death. That precise circumstantiality
--inirnatahly narrated-7-a the washed silt geWzi in
Whiehithe'deadlady appeared to the living one who did
not know that her friend had had her gown washed,
oonvinced all the ladies, not only that the Story was
true, but that the evidence was for them alone to judge
of. Come now, don't you pretend to know about washed
silk, said a lady to her, husband, when he laughed
at the ghost. Again, do the intention and the success
constitute the hoax, even though the story should happen
to lie trne ?, 'When FitliTW,Peg susTio,.*,Teg ilk an old
woman to know her lost bundle of linen was, be,
drew a square ` a circle, and, after pondering the
diagram, pronounced that the stars said it was in a
certain ditch—and there it was found, to the horror of the
Astronorneraloyal, iyho pould in 1p wise persiindpilivris
client that it was all luck. We believe it to' be bc'hahv
that a person who,`on April-fool Day, speaks Ontotr? bo the
accident, intending to deceive, is h to his
fpol. Again, Pons, the comet finder,
rusvl
that the comets
friend Baron Zacb, in despair, sayingot halo one for many
wrote
were all gone, arid that he had nioker, an astronomical
months., Zach,...who was a silt' seen the she clear of
Voltaire, wrote back that I;ait that his friend
;pots for just as loPg'
'ecnitleet's arid the spots would,
!night he sure that the, he, 4ach as aforesaid, lived
return together,. , A u
the happiness of having qniz4ed a
quietly on '
ih'gt placid enjoyment became quite a
friend; het -1--a few months afterwards, Pons wrote
sensation
when,,•„m ph ant rapture to tell him that he was
again in ---that there had come. two large spots on:
suite right, for
sun,and a comet. the next evening. Suppose it
should turn out that the spots have some connection with
comets. Who would have supposed they have anything
to do with the magnetic state of the earth ? And vet
this is proved, and, as Dogberry says, will-go near to be
thought so shortly. Should solar spots and cornets be in
some concatenation accordingly which was hoaxed
Zcah or Pons ?-11facmillan's Magazine; Ye; '3.

THE ALLEGED MURDERS ON BOARD

THE 'ACCRINGToN.

On Saturday, Frederick Casman, a man of colour,
who was Steward' on board the ship Accrington. was
again examined before the Southampton magistrates, '
charged with the wilful mur:.er of the captain and chief,
Oi•cer of the ship, "by poison. The Accrington it will
he remembered; was cin her voyage Worn Liverpool to
Calcutta with soldiers, soldiers' wives, and, children',
and on the Voyage the captain and Chief mate died from
the effects of poison. The ship put into Pernambuco, •
and. her Majesty's consul at
.that port, after hearing-
the evidence, decided to send the prisoner to England,
charged with 'wilful, murder. With'the prisoner there•
also arrived the witnesses. • .

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Samuel 31‘Clune, thethird Mate, deposed that the
captain was very cruel to the men! and that during the'
voyage, he had frequently seen him strike them,: Ile
detailed the particulars of the death of the captain and,
chief mate, stating -that when he asked the prisoner
what was wrong, with the chief mate, the prisoner
replied, "I don't know, but you will hear about it in
time." The 'bottle in the medicine chest, labelled
"tartar emetic," and to which the prisoner had, access,
was found, after the death of the captain and chief
mate, to -have been half emptied.' No post ntortene
examination
.of the bodies was made. During the
Voyage there had been great illuess among the children,
54 had died before the captain's death, and the number
was increased to 64, with oue .woman, on the az rival of
the ship at Pernambuco. There were on board 261
children.

In cross-examination witness said .the captain and
doctor were constantly drinkingtogether, and they were
both frequently the worse for ' liquor. The -qttarititv
they drank was the talk .of theship. Witness supplied.
them with six bottles of brandy every other day, and
there was a constant supply of wine and gin. The Wine
and gin was given out for-the. use of the hospital; hut,
he believed it wis drunk in, the cabin. Durinz the day
the captain died, and the prisoner'also complainede,
pains in his stomach. Directly after 'the- captain's.
death, prisoner and the cook were placed. under arrest.
Augustus Oberti 'deposed—l shipped as steward on:
board ihe Accrington, and prisoner was cook. He had
charge of the pigs and of the fowls. A few days pre- .
vious to the Captain's death a- 'Pig died, and myself and
the prisoner were . ordered by the chief mate to throw.
the pig overboard, and then to take its place. We
were. forced into the pigstye and locked in. It was
very dirty, and there were twelve pigs :in it. . We
remained there an hour, and were -then taken out,
when our' hands were lashed behind us, and I was
locked in the water-closet. About' four the next
morning, the chief mate came to me with a stick
about-three feet long and an inch- thieVand beat me on
the back for about ten. minutes, with- nn 'hands lashed
behind me. He then locked me up again. Prisoner
was locked us close by; and I lie ird the mate go to
him and beat •him. .The, same day, about three in the
afternoon, the captain and. chief, mate took witness
out' of the closet and conveyed 'him to the saloon.
Witness said : II was then *required to go on my knees,
and when in that position the mate again beat me with
the Same stick. I cried out, when the captain said, "Don't
say a word," and hit. me :with his fists in my face and
stomach, and kicked me. They then put me in
the closet again, and I again heard them beat the pri-
soner. ,We were both reeased that evening, when the
prisoner was appointed as steward, and I as cook_ . On
Monday, the 14th of November, I cooked the breakfast
for the captain'reabiii:' The prisoner brought me the
things: At seven he brought Some tea to be kept '
warm ,for the captain, and 'at half-past seven he
brought some potatoes and salt .nreEtt (which I
used to make "scause "), with -ihree herrings, and
a few slices of pork, to fry. At about half-past
eight I was called away from the galley. and on
my return I'found the prisoner-there. He said he had
brought some .bacon. I noticed nothing particular in
his manner. When the breakfast was ready, prisoner
took it into the captain's cabin. The " scouse" was in
a saucepan, and could easily be got at. Prisoner came
to me about ten o'clock, and appeared rather confused.
I said, "What is the matter, steward ? have they heat
you again ?" He said, "No ; it is all right" That
afternoon I was placed under arrest. . : „.:,
The case_ was then adjourned. T I!ra,t)

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SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. .
The' •examination of Frederick Cannan, a coloured
man, was continued to-day. The evidence contained 9
some peculiar revelations respecting the court at Per-lc
nambuco, where the drst depositions were taken.
Charles Taylor, quartermaster, said he remembered
the day the Captain died, but did not see him after
breakfast, until he was dead. He saw deceased at
eight o'clock in the morning, when he appeared iii his
usual health. Saw him again at eight o'clock in the
evening, when he was lying on his couch in his own
cabin, and seemed to be in great pain. He was sensi-
ble up to that time, when he said, "I do not know
what I should do if it was not for you." He never made
any.coraplaint. Witness nursed him till his death, which
occurred on the following morning. He had cramps of
a violent nature in- his arms;- and hands; and was also
attacked with purging and vomiting. , Witness gave
him warm port wine and barley water at the request of
the doctor, but he threw it up again. Two bours before
his death witness saw a great change in him, and called
the-doctor, who on looking at hit' aid "Oh, it's'a case."
The dootor ordered some brandy: to, be wiven him ;tt,
mustard plaster was also put on 'his .chest,' and the
(witness) was requestad to rub his legs with flannel%
the doctor did not see him again, Witness acted as
steward after the captain's death until the ship arrived
at Pernambuco. In this capacity his duty called him
into the cabin where the medicine chest was placed, as
there were some of the cabin stores kept there.
In answer to the bench,
Witness said, although none but the captain, doctor,
chief officer, and steward were allowed to go to that
any, one could have gone there if they bad dared lweak
orders. When witness took the berth of steward the "
-medicine chest was not 'locked. It contained a great
number of bottles, the whole of which wore labelled in Ii
English. About six hours after , the master's death. ')
witness saw a 'bottle in the doctOr's hands labelled
" Tartar emetic." It had about half an inch of white
'powder in it, and looked as bad_been opened, more
•especially about the neck of the bottle.
In answer to further questions from the bench,
W#noss said there' were letween, sixty and seventy
children who died on 'the passage to Pernambuco. Most
of them were taken from the.breast, and were fell from
the mess. It was the impression throughout the ship
that they had not been properly attended -to: by Atka
doctor. Witness left the ship. at rernamhnoo, when
Captain AnderSon was appointed to the command, and,
she was appointed to leave ter Calcutta tkwo or three
days after witness left to come to England in the Ondine.
In cross-examination, witness said the captain Wm
drunk every day, and the doctor very frequently`, After,
the death of the captain and mate the dootio#, was drunk
nearly every day. The doctor could at any. time go, to
the ship's rnedicir.e-ohe4t and take what he wanted for
the use of the tiurgery.. During the, time the dioetor woot
drunk lie could not or would not attend to, the sick,, FAY-%
ing he wotild 'not he bothered by them, The doctor is
an Irishman.
Mr. Mackay considered it a very strange circumstance
that the principal witnesses had been kept back.
The Bench admitted the depositions taken at Per-
nambnco.

The Magistrates' Clerk stated that each member of
that court received the -sam of ;82 per day daring the
trial, and SQ the ease lasted six weeks.
The deposition of. DT, Cerro!, `surgeon of the ship
ProVed that on the morning of the captain's death the
chief mate; the captain, and himself partook of the
scouse'.' at breakfast: The' (steward) Prisoner also
partook of it, and vomited.. Ordered. strong tea to he
given to the captain and mate..
,Ile himself took au
emetic of ipecacuhana, and reCOVered. Previous to
breakfast the captain had complained of shivering fits,
which he thought were the precnrsors of feVer. He
• attributed the -death of 'the captain and math to some
irritant poison having been introduced into the ". scotre.ll
It might have beeen tartar emetic or arsenic.
• Dr. Gordon, a svgeon ?erndlrtlYuco; said that it
bottle, had been given to him for anal3CSis; containing
the von* of the captain. On it second trial he detected,
the presence of tartar emetic or arsenic'; but he coolci
not say which (Laughter) —•
Thomas Ctmillghtill,l9'§eAnd mate, exposed a system
of ReaffirlelV nil the part of the captain and mate.
AMEScott, a soldier, divulged some horrifying scenes
in the conduct of the captain.
Frank W. N. Williams gave a heartrending descrip- •
tion of the conduct of the captain.
This closed the prosecution.
Mr. Mackay briery. reptied.',
The Mayor eaidwthat the Magistrates, after a careful
Consideration,' had deolded that there was no case against
the prisoner, and he must be discharged.
Mr. Sharp doubted if the magistrates had power tq
dismiss the prisoner.
The Magistrates thought otherwise, and dismissed, the,
prisoner upon covu responsibility, noticing in
seyFe terms the 'tncenceivable brntality of the ship's, ,
officers,

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Tat 'S.Aliptiltr 411241:::--It h& Ackvf witrfgefiy- certain
that piedment (iapp.e;), which three monthi- ago had
ottly 0,000 men in its. regular standing army, will be,
is the first week of April, able to muster 150,00 ~z
soldiers of all arms, independent of volunteers or cl'
guard, and irrespective of the powerful copt4lo• "
.;;I
organised by General Fanti in the anne4.e4 territ,onel, : i'
giving a total forge of 09,0,00,Lk tr,ooPg• '' '. '''' -gau -,t
WanoesTen ELT:cvom„—alr. pad. was, 011 ---.--i:,' '-
,day e;eetedi Withetut opposition, for Worcester, in t" ~r
room of Mr. Laslett, who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds. The Sheriff of the city (Mr. Wood), in
declaring the hon. gentleman, duly elected, stated that
both he and Mr. Padmote came to Worc/scov i'VX;
years ago as mechanics, wearing their, agl4ll.sln*—BTA
Padmore, itl returning that*, saKi e ; hem
*44,
010414 have his most strenotis adttlcg; tgose 4f *S4
do aIV he 'coati fd tioitrgatethf. taxes on
mitn, and )4
W*4 Were consumed by ' the W 7-6
,
lessen the natiuuial e4penditur*L_
wINTERTON', NORFOLK,
Lin- BOAT SER.VIcEs. ,
during an unusually heavy
March 10.—A few days ag
~,4,„, George and James, of Loudon,
gale of wind, the '''',4 -winterten, with her 84 silk -
was seen in distressk -
and. Via. !triot.rl.g
tacks and sheets broken,
°you
min,l4o; the
veaoh. .
that she 1114 tit:eeded foitliwitif.:to'lauiiCh tie . ein"
6'el:cokptilathh(jceer. bar:T.g.sho's6trhtilertie.l
fissoyable,du,T,,,,,,Pirtg to the Royal National Life-bow
life-boat ',-'!'. -Al hay-past
,thre_e
Institiktion.
half
eavnetrivleexseoruttihonoftothfist , 0 _
oh th°7ol4l4llWiltfilick,oedad in doing, and ' 1
the shipwrecedrew .g. ht in r ' The gale afterwards'cOisider-
the ground,
ly
was got off late in the
number,apbft sacstri'
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Igyi
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brig
s AND BEQUESTS ..
.—The will of the late Lipu,7
General Sir William Francis Patrick -Noter,,
eveningtenla,%rnl
plcr.oCv.eßa., irliatethe, olgtiolludeo!tot4sef,
tprolabpithie7a7onP.tiahreVill: ':.
March, il his relict, Ladytar°Oline
sole
I executrix, the personalty being worn under '
£40,000. 11. Amelia Napier, the
4+o has bequeathed to Lady Napier his real -
and personal estates in trust, that she should receive the
.._
income arising therefrom for her life, 'and upon her
decease the property to be "divided among five of his
children =namely, his son John, and his daughters, the '
Countess of Arran, Mrs. Bruce, and Emily and Caroline-
:Napier' but has excepted fronvanrshare therein Mrs.
Miles, from her being amply provided for. The will
was made on the 9th of April, 1859:

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